Mid-May.

The Han army requisitioned the Xiongnu camp on the shore of the icy lake and stationed it for more than ten days.

People and horses ran inside and outside the camp, and the sound of hooves rose and fell, making ripples on the surface of the lake.

Until this moment, there are still Han troops coming out in all directions, chasing and fleeing the scattered Huns from all walks of life.

The land outside the tent was a dark red.

The beheaded bodies were buried in the ground, and several large graves were piled up south of the camp in the Icy Lake.

Morning.

In the tent of the Chinese army in the camp, Huo Quzhi was checking the battle report sent by the embroidered clothes.

A few days ago, the situation of the drug war changed.

The commander of the army led a team and raided the Han camp in the city of Gandhara.

The Han army suffered considerable losses.

Fortunately, Huo Quai's illness was there in Yao Zhao before, and there were several military strategies such as hiding from the sky and crossing the sea.

Yao Zhao relied on the coverage of Ji Jian to cover the qi and was spared.

After the commander of the army raided the Han army, he led the poisonous people to approach the Wuqi Kingdom in the southern corner of the Western Regions, and wanted to go north to disrupt the situation in the Western Regions.

The Han army reacted quickly.

After Wei Qing took over the situation in the Western Regions, he sent his troops and horses south, preparing to meet the commanders.

However, the commander of the army did not fall into ambush.

He had already understood the situation in the Western Regions, and knew that the Huns had all withdrawn and could not support them alone, so he turned to march to the northwest diagonally, entered the area adjacent to the Dayue clan, and made contact with the Parthian ironclad army, and there was no next move yet.

Huo Quzhi read the battle reports sent from all over the country, and was silent.

Parthia took advantage of the Han conquest of the Xiongnu to fully occupy the territory of the Great Moon Clan.

In the past ten months, Parthia has twice sent heavy troops to the Great Moon clan. The original team of the Han clan stationed in the Otsuki clan was all expelled or cleared.

Zhang Qian, Han's envoy in Parthia, was also detained.

However, local changes did not affect Han's advantage in grand strategy.

The Xiongnu tribes fled one after another.

The entire grassland is about to be incorporated into the Han soil.

After Wei Qing took over the defense of the Western Regions, he not only stabilized the situation, but also led his troops and horses southward, completely cutting off the area between the Parthian Dayue clan and the body poison, preventing them from further uniting and causing unnecessary turmoil.

In the Western Regions, Li Dang led his troops to the north, and Huo Qubing attacked the Xiongnu troops from the north and south respectively.

At present, the Xiongnu army is like locusts in transit, and a large number of people flee in the east, west, and north directions, looking for a way out.

The Wuhuan and Buyeo departments on the east side are also spontaneously beating the water dogs and assisting in attacking the rest of the Huns.

The additional gain from defeating the Xiongnu came from the far north, and the ambush army that had suddenly been killed during the battle between the two sides.

They can descend the borage, and naturally they can also descend the Han.

On the night that Huo Qubing defeated Borage, that team was also routed and taken prisoner.

They come from the farther north of the Icy Lake.

In this era, there was no Russian, and they were all primitive tribes.

When Borage conquered these regions, they introduced shamanic belief systems and combined them with their primitive religions, such as the sun and the sunbird.

Borage boasted that he was sent by God to intimidate and rule over these tribes.

These tribes in the far north are currently in the Bronze Age.

They tamed horses and made carriages for transportation and warfare, and also created bronze coins.

Led by tribal chieftains, they built large wooden walls and established their own administrative system, transitioning from tribal alliances to walled city alliances, and began to take shape as a state.

After Ho Qu was stationed in the Icy Lake, he sent Vina and Lowe to the far north to contact the tribes of the land where Borage had been laid down to meet them.

Lowe was the leader of the team in the Far North that had been subjugated.

In Chang'an, the emperor also sent a team to the north, which was about to arrive in Ulaanbaatar to prepare for the upcoming canonization ceremony.

Every time you confess to heaven and earth, it is the most important thing for a country, and it requires full preparation.

At this time, Huo Qubing came out of the tent, and the sun was fine.

The icy lake has been civilized, and Jin'an brings a large number of military horses to drink water by the lake.

When the wind blows, the grasslands south of the icy lake are full of vitality, verdant greenery, boundless green grass, undulating like the ocean.

At the foot of the low mountain by the lake, Dong Zhongshu and Gongsun Hong, as well as three or five Han army generals, were sitting on the ground.

They catch the fish from the lake and grill it over a fire, with only a little salt added to it, and it tastes delicious.

The old prime minister smiled and handed a salmon to Dong Zhongshu:

"This fish has a lot of bones, you eat it." After that, he grabbed a freshwater lobster that was a specialty of the cold lake, peeled off the shell, the meat inside was delicate, full and rich, revealing the unique sweetness of lobster.

Huo Quzhi also joined in and feasted.

Time flies.

By the end of May, a convoy of Han troops from the lands further north had arrived at the Han army's barracks, stretching for miles and loaded with all kinds of utensils.

They are the representatives of the tribes of the Far North.

In the past month, the Han army, led by Zhao Anji and the Fulu Branch, marched north with Vina and Luowei, swept the remaining Xiongnu soldiers and horses in the extreme north, and at the same time showed their troops to deter the tribes in the extreme north.

Now, a month later, these tribes have come to the icy lake to meet Huo Quai.

"These barbarians are very dishonest and very belligerent, and have tried us many times, and have even used troops during this time."

In the tent, the Fulu Branch, who returned from sending troops, reported: "Zhao Anji led people to surprise attack several walled cities with most of the chiefs, and they were honest. ”

"They brought a lot of precious things, and said that they would like to come to the icy lake every year in the future to meet the Han envoys."

……

Forty-seven years old, Propiu was one of the chieftains of the Far North who had come to the icy lake for his visit.

In the far north, he was the leader of one of the fourteen large tribes, and he was so powerful that he became the first to be received along with the leaders of several other tribes around him.

Propiu was not taller than the Han Chinese, and was considered short in the far north.

His eyes are flexible, his complexion is white and red, and he is shrewd.

He came in person to see what the strength of this army was when it entered the extreme north, swept through many tribes, and forced them to come to meet them.

As with the Brahmans before him, Propiu had a natural reverence for the leader of the powerful legion that had killed Borage.

He was granted an audience and, along with several other tribal chieftains, entered the Han army's camp here, carefully observing them along the way.

It was Vina who was in charge of leading the way, a tall figure, wearing a black smock, leading the way with her steps.

Rumble!

As he walked forward, Propiu suddenly heard a loud bang.

Not far away, at the location of the Han army's drill, there was a bronze pillar placed diagonally, with white smoke rising from it and countless incantations flickering.

Then there was another loud bang, and something ejected from the pillar, and it shook the earth.

Hundreds of zhang away in the icy lake, the surface of the lake exploded violently, splashing seven or eight zhang high waves, the sound was terrifying.

Countless fish and shrimp spill from the lake.

The second attack from the bronze pillar made a position on a mountain in the distance, more than ten zhang in size, covered by the power of destruction.

The ground caved into a deep pit, and it was blackened.

Propiu and several other radicals were shocked.

Propiu asked Vina in front of him in a low voice: "This is the power that the Han army holds, as terrifying as gods and demons!" ”

Vina said coquettishly, "That's right, this is the power of gods and demons that only Han has mastered, so they can defeat the Rictu, which is stronger than us."

Borage is already a god's general, but the Han commander is a god-like existence. ”

Bang!

There was a loud bang, and it roared for the third time.

Propiu's face is slightly pale.

He secretly united with several radicals around him, and there was some luck before he came, but now he disappeared completely.

Deterrence by force is a must, and the purpose is to frighten them.

The bronze tube that releases the 'cannonball' is actually a mortar that the Mo family is still developing, and only three or four of them are considered semi-finished products, which can fire four or five crossbows made by ink workers in a row, keeping the barrel from exploding.

It's just right to scare people, but it's not very practical yet.

Propiu and other chieftains walked all the way, and saw giant bed crossbows one after another, shooting at a distance of more than two hundred zhang, which could pierce through shield armor.

The power of its rows of fires really frightened these chieftains in the far north.

The age when the power of gods and demons existed.

These tribal chiefs immediately classified the terrifying power they saw at the level of gods and demons.

When they entered the big tent of the Chinese army, the horror on their faces had not yet dissipated, and when they saw Huo Quai, they were extremely humble.

No wonder the ancients had to use the name of immortals and demons to maintain their rule, which can indeed make people who don't know the situation scared to the bone...... Huo Qu said sickly.

These small means he made were enough to suppress the extreme northern tribe, and he did not dare to rebel for several years or even longer.

With this buffer, other arrangements can be made to balance the situation in the far north for longer-term governance purposes.

These tribal chiefs saw Huo Quai's illness with trepidation, and successfully reached the intention of paying tribute every year.

Without strong force, negotiations can only be empty talk.

But with strong military support, the negotiations will be put in place.

When they retreated, Huo Quai, who left Vena behind, asked, "Do you have a female chief in your tribe?" ”

"Yes."

Vina nodded.

Most of the earliest tribes were matrilineal clans, because the matrilineal line held the ability to reproduce and was the hope for the continuation of the group.

Later, the men found themselves stronger, more conducive to fighting, and when they reproduced, they always attacked from above, suppressing the women without the power to fight back, and only then did they control the dominance step by step.

In the tribes of the far north, there is no situation where women are under the status.

Huo Quzhi said: "In this case, Vena, you also go back with them, and I will support Ling to become the queen of the extreme north and control the largest tribe among them." ”

Vena blinked her jewel-clear eyes and whispered, "Doesn't the commander need me to serve by his side?" ”

Her beauty trick has a strong charm for other people, but for Huo Qu's disease, the situation is the opposite.

Huo Quzhi has an irresistible attraction to Vina.

"You do your job."

Huo Quzhi waved his hand and motioned for Vina to go down.

"I ...... Can you come to the commander's tent at night? Vena offered herself.

Huo Quzhi's gaze fell on her.

Vina deliberately puffed out her chest, showing off her proud figure.

He also took the initiative to take off his outer robe, revealing the snow-colored leather robe that was tucked in inside, and even the small leather boots on his feet were taken off, revealing his feet wearing snow-white foot bags like Han scholars.

Her complexion is creamy, her figure is plump and tall, and her facial features are very three-dimensional, and she is indeed a rare exotic beauty.

Huo Quzhi retracted his gaze, and Vena had a disappointed look on her face, and she retreated.

Huo Qubing stayed in the icy lake until mid-June, when he returned to Ulaanbaatar.

Before he left, he erected a monument in the north of Hanhai as the boundary, which was the frontier of the Han Dynasty.

As long as the sacrifice to the heavens is carried out and the last national luck of the Xiongnu is cut, the south of Hanhai will become a horse farm for the Han people.

At this time, most of the Xiongnu tribes had been swept away, and a small number of them were scattered and exiled.

The Xiongnu were broken in their backbone and national fortunes, and there was no land, no people, and no soldiers.

In a practical sense, the Xiongnu were no longer an independent regime!

On June 17, Huo Qu led the army and returned to Ulaanbaatar.

The accompanying team behind him, the carriages and horses, were the last family of the Huns, as well as the things offered by the extreme northern tribes.

Including countless horses, cattle and sheep.

The pomp and circumstance is unprecedented!

And Ulaanbaatar is far more lively than ever.

The emperor has spread the news of the defeat of the Xiongnu to the world.

Cut off the northern troubles and comprehensively defeat the Xiongnu.

In the past month, the Li family, the Wang family and other clans have rushed to Ulaanbaatar from all over the world to prepare to participate in the Zen ceremony of the Wolf Juxu Mountain.

The imperial servants, Taishi and other officials, Taichang Zhouping, and Jiang Yan, the Yin and Yang family, were also sent by the emperor one after another, and carried out preparations and arrangements in Ulaanbaatar for more than a month.

When Huo Qu came back from illness, the day of the Zen ceremony was also approaching.

At this time in Ulaanbaatar, people from all over the Han people gathered, and the prosperity of the weather was unprecedented.

The Yin and Yang family Jiang Yan was ordered, and Prime Minister Sun Hong and Dong Zhongshu jointly presided over the sealing ceremony in Wolf Juxu Mountain.

On June 21, there is only one day left before the main day of the Zen ceremony.

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