The so-called Juyanze is similar to Lop Nur.

It is the final place where the snow water of the mountains such as the weak water and the black water (Ejina River) gathers.

In an era when there were no large-scale artificial reservoirs and the water consumption of the population was not large, the lake was wide and rippling, and the fat swimming fish under the clear water surface were swimming freely, and the lake was a paradise for all kinds of birds.

For the Han army, who had just stepped out of the desert, there was no more suitable place to rest than such a clear lake.

"General!"

When Huo Qubing was sitting on the edge of the fire roasting birds, the captain of Tanma came forward to report, "Ask those Hun guides and learn that if you go up the river that flows into this Ze, you can reach the city of Jiaolede." ”

Jiaole De City is the location of the royal court of the Hun Evil King, and during the previous battle under the Rouge Mountain, because the Hun Evil King's residence was far away, he did not participate in it.

After his subordinates learned the news, they had already hurriedly fled north to find the right virtuous king.

It may be unfamiliar to say that Jiaole Decheng may be unfamiliar, but when it comes to the name of the county set up after it was recovered by the Han army, then everyone knows that it was later renamed Jiuquan.

"Oh?"

Huo Quai, who roasted the bird, nodded, "I see, if I knew it earlier, I could have walked along the river." ”

"You arrange for people to build a wooden boat and go down the river to deliver letters."

"Whoa."

Sending messengers to deliver letters to the imperial court was an inevitable thing, otherwise tens of thousands of troops would disappear and cause unnecessary trouble.

Of course, if he hadn't found a waterway to send a message, Huo Qubing planned not to send a messenger at all.

After all, crossing the Hanhai Sea is a very fatal thing.

"General."

Before he finished speaking, "This place has been investigated, and the water source has not been poisoned. ”

Poisoning and polluting water sources was a way to block the Han army's blitzkrieg in history when the Huns were beaten by the Han army.

It is to throw dead cattle and dead sheep into lakes to pollute the water source, thus causing plague.

However, at this time, the Han army had not penetrated into the prairie for many years, and Huo Quzhi's surprise attack was too fast, so it was too late and did not expect.

The reason why Captain Tanma said this was because before the expedition, Li Yunze reminded him of this matter.

"It's so big." Huo Quzhi smiled, "If you want to pollute the water source, how many cattle and sheep do you have to throw it in?" The Huns were willing? ”

It's not easy to take this, and the captain of Tanma can only laugh.

Huo Quzhi, who was in a good mental state, waved his hand and motioned for the captain to go and get busy.

His mood at this time was indeed very high, because going out to lead the troops to fight gave him a pleasant feeling of wandering in the sea and the sky.

He likes this life more than enjoying the glory and wealth in Chang'an City.

Huo Quzhi was born and lived in the Hou Mansion, and his standard of living was very high under the care of his uncle.

Later, he was valued by the Son of Heaven, and he became a top-level Yanei, of course, living a good life of fine clothes and food.

But unlike those who are accustomed to this kind of life and are even reluctant to leave Chang'an City, Huo Quzhi prefers to gallop outside and swallow thousands of miles like a tiger.

The army goes out on battle, and not all of them are sergeants who fight.

He was accompanied by clerks, healers, carpenters and blacksmiths, veterinarians, and men, and even divination and astrological signs.

Astrological reading is an important skill, and in the era when there were no satellite navigation, the sun and stars were almost always relied on to determine the direction of bearing.

The captain of the horse exploration team found the carpenter and blacksmith in the logistics camp, gathered a group of helpers, and found some poplar trees and other felling on the shore of this big lake to build a sail oar sharing boat.

The ship is not large, it can only accommodate a few people.

That night, the Han army lit countless bonfires along the edge of the huge lake, chatting and eating cooked food.

There is no such thing as deliciousness, and the seasonings carried by the army, in addition to salt and sugar, are only pickles.

Relying solely on fire grilling without a lot of oil and seasonings, the so-called barbecue tastes naturally not very good.

However, the soldiers of the Han army didn't care, because at least they could eat hot food and drink a pot of hot water mixed with sugar.

Compared to the terrible experience of crossing the Hanhai before, this is undoubtedly delicious.

Of course, as an army in the Cold Weapon Age, no matter where an army of this size is stationed, it will have a devastating impact on the local ecological environment.

The Han army was only stationed here for one night, and more than 20,000 elite cavalry of the Han army almost swept away the number of poplars around Juyanze, and all kinds of waterfowl on the bank of the river suffered from the disaster, they were stupid and not afraid of people, and most of them became guests on the grill.

However, the swimming fish in the water were lucky, except for the sand sculptures that were close to the shore and did not know how to hide, most of them hid in the depths of the water and escaped.

At the end of the night, the shore was a mess, with tens of thousands of men and even more horses, leaving behind a foul smell of abandonment.

The Han army left Juyanze and continued to move rapidly in the northwest direction.

After more than ten days of hard work, he went deep into the northwest for 2,000 miles again, and came to the branch of the North Tianshan Mountain, which is 5,000 miles away from Chang'an City, and the verdant grassland at the foot of Balikun Mountain.

The Huns crossed thousands of miles, not just talking.

Don't look at the Balikun Mountain Grassland, which is almost the edge of the world from Chang'an City, but in fact, the area of the Jinshan Mountain Range further north is also the activity range of the right part of the Xiongnu.

The Right Virtuous King, who had lost his royal court, ran all the way to this place, and only then did he take a breath.

He knew very well that he had lost the royal court, the Hexi Corridor, so many tribes and warriors, and even the kings of all tribes had been killed.

ended up in a tragic failure of such a scale, once the news was delivered to Da Danyu, he would definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Don't look at him as the son of Yi Zhixi, but Yi Zhixian is not the only son, in order to calm the anger of the nobles of the various ministries, it is very likely that everything will be wiped out and become a waste.

Therefore, after the frightened King Youxian got a chance to breathe, he immediately sent envoys to all directions to mobilize all the tribes under the command of King Youxian, and prepare to launch a counterattack against the Han army.

All of a sudden, from the Qilian Mountains to the Tianshan Mountains, and then to the North Tianshan Mountains and even the Jinshan Mountains, the scattered nomadic tribes everywhere were mobilized, riding horses to drive cattle and sheep, guarding the old camp of ox carts, tents, old and weak women and children, and assembled to Balikun.

This is the case with nomadic tribes, even people carry things together, and everywhere they go, the whole tribe acts together.

Even the small city-states controlled by the Xiongnu in the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains (Beiting Prefecture), which were closer to the distance, were recruited with a variety of sergeants.

There are more than 1,000 people and less than 100 people.

With the gathering of a large number of human resources, Youxian Wang, who had been psychologically shadowed by Huo Quai's illness before, finally calmed down a little.

"The King."

In the re-established king's tent, a household reported to the right sage king: "As of yesterday, the tribes that have gathered to the left and west of the royal court have nearly 200,000 people."

The Huns did not understand statistics, and the numbers they said were all approximate.

Of course, the so-called 200,000 people here are the population of all tribes, men, women, and children, and the young and strong herdsmen who can really go into battle are 20,000 or 30,000 according to the high ratio?

Obviously, King Youxian was very dissatisfied with this number, and he immediately said, "Inform the tribes, Dafa!" ”

The so-called Dafa is the general mobilization of the whole people.

is the so-called sweeping into a soldier, down to teenage children, up to gray-haired old men have to go to the battlefield.

Basically, this kind of thing will only be done when it comes to the war of the dead country.

Obviously, the Right Virtuous King has been forced to be anxious.

The tribal nobles in the king's tent were obviously a little dissatisfied.

After all, King Youxian's own direct tribe has almost lost a fine light, and at this time, it is their tribe that is making a big deal, and the troops are all their tribesmen.

The tribal nobles of the Huns were basically slave owners, and the herdsmen, including their families, were all the property of the slave owners.

Now as soon as King Youxian opens his mouth, he wants to use most of their property to fight hard, and naturally some people are dissatisfied.

It's like someone in the future who mortgages your house for money, and then goes to buy a lottery ticket to give it a go, of course they will be angry.

All eyes were on the person who was first on the left.

This person is the powerful tribe of the Xiongnu on the right side of the evil king.

On the right side of the Xiongnu, in addition to the royal tribe directly under the Right Xian King, the most powerful ones are the Hun Evil King and the Hutu King, and most of the other tribes are attached to these two tribes.

At this time, King Hutu had already died at the foot of Rouge Mountain, and the Hutu Department was almost wiped out, either killed or captured.

In the case that the Right Xian King also lost his royal court, the Hun Evil King almost became the pillar of the right part of the Xiongnu.

The Evil King also lived up to expectations, and said, "King, Han'er's dispatch of troops this time is indeed unexpected. However, they are not good at nomadism, and they naturally want to go back after the battle. We just need to go and regain the lost territory, and we don't need to make a big deal. ”

In the face of the opposition of the Evil King, the Right Virtuous King was very angry, but he was helpless.

The Huns paid attention to relying on strength to speak.

When the Right Virtuous King came to replace the previous Right Virtuous King Luo Gubi, it was Yi Zhixian who personally came with tens of thousands of troops, and at that time, he naturally said whatever he said.

But now, most of the soldiers and horses left by Yi Zhixian have been lost, and even the royal court has been lost, so naturally he has no strength to speak.

If it weren't for the scruples of Yi Zhixi, it would be impossible to say that these leaders would want to abolish him, the waste who lost the battle.

Also because of the lack of strength, the vassal tribes Wusun people and Hujie people, who are obviously very close to here, just didn't come at all this time.

The Right Virtuous King was helpless, and in the face of the opposition of the Evil King, he could only hold his breath and respond.

After all, he also knew that if he forcibly gave the order, he would most likely be ignored, and then he would completely lose his prestige.

At this moment, he can only hope that the Han army will return quickly, so that he can return to the Hexi Corridor to clean up the mess and recover the lost strength again.

As for saying that the Han army will chase all the way here, King Youxian absolutely does not believe it.

It's thousands of miles away, okay, you have to pass through Hanhai along the way, okay, the Han army is crazy to run so far to fight itself.

'I didn't rob the old lady of the Han family, as for it? ’

(End of chapter)