Just as the Xiongnu court was preparing to annihilate Su Mo in one fell swoop, the latter was discussing the next goal with the lieutenant generals.

Chen Wu and the others had already killed at this time, intending to directly shake the largest stronghold on the Xiongnu border.

This stronghold is also the largest stronghold since the border army explored.

Eight hundred miles from the border, surrounded by three small tribes, forming a horn trend.

Cheng Meng looked at Su Mo with some concern.

"General, this place is the second largest stronghold under the command of King Youxian, there are 20,000 cavalry alone, and there are several infantry!"

"The three neighboring tribes can also support at any time, do you really want to do it directly? Why don't you wait for the reserve Chinese army? ”

On the side, Chen Wu and others were also quite worried.

The 30,000 vanguard army is already close to the hinterland, and it is getting farther and farther away from the reserve Chinese army.

Now there are only 30,000 cavalry around everyone, and there is no other help.

If the Xiongnu set up an ambush in this stronghold, the 30,000 vanguard army may not be able to leave safely.

As the border army has entered the grassland for more than ten days, the Xiongnu side should have been prepared for a long time.

They must have guessed that the border army went deep into the steppe and came with cattle and sheep.

At this time, the situation is that the enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light.

According to the military law taught by Su Mo before, at this time, you should take the enemy by surprise and disrupt the enemy's position.

In this way, the best opportunities can be found and go deep into the hinterland.

However, everyone looked at Su Mo's expression, and he didn't plan to retreat.

Instead, he planned to charge the stronghold head-on, which made everyone quite puzzled, why was this so?

On the side, Su Mo didn't mind everyone's puzzled looks.

He's still wondering which system is better.

Because just when the border army took and approached this stronghold, the system gave a choice.

"Option one, the millions of troops of the Xiongnu Empire attacked, resisted head-on, and rewarded Tianlong rice seeds."

"Option two, avoid the enemy's edge, use travelogue tactics, preserve combat power to the greatest extent, and reward three million stone grain!"

The first choice reward given by the system is the Draco Rice Seed.

This rice seed can tolerate severe cold and high temperatures, and can have extremely high grain yields without the need for fertile land, even if it is not fertilized, it is three times the grain yield.

For the border army, such rice seeds are the most urgently needed.

Previously, Su Mo had asked people to look for wild rice seeds, and with various efforts to cultivate, they did not obtain rice seeds suitable for the border.

Now this Tianlong rice seed is the most suitable rice seed.

It is enough to solve the problem of the growing population on the border, and it can also solve the food problem.

However, the disadvantage of this rice seed is that it cannot be used this winter, and the food crisis can only be alleviated until next year.

As for the second option, it is three million stone grain.

It is enough to solve the food consumption of millions of people in winter.

However, this choice will not help the food crisis in the future.

If there is a major drought or natural disasters in the coming year, the people on the border will still be short of food.

There is still no solution to this problem, only the grain breed can solve the problem.

On the balance, he still chose the first point.

Tianlong rice seeds are more precious than two million stone grains, after all, two million stone grains can only alleviate the temporary crisis, but cannot completely solve the grain problem.

Su Mo asked everyone to stop, and said loudly: "The army is ready, meet the enemy head-on!" ”

Cheng Meng and the others were immediately stupid when they heard this.

Frontal encounter?

When the border army is so exhausted, how can it meet the enemy head-on?

The vanguard army penetrated deep into the hinterland, leaving behind only more than ten days of military rations.

If you fail to charge the Xiongnu stronghold head-on, wouldn't you put yourself and others in a desperate situation.

On the side, Chen Wu frowned slightly, and asked nervously: "General, there are 20,000 cavalry in this stronghold, and at this time, it is still waiting for work, our army is tired from a long-distance attack, do you really want to meet the enemy head-on?" ”

Cheng Meng also looked at Su Mo suspiciously.

He had been the commander of the vanguard army for a long time, and he was quite familiar with the marching style of the generals.

Their vanguard army has always been a surprise soldier, and they never reluctantly accept the enemy.

Now it is facing 20,000 cavalry waiting to work head-on, which is a great test for the vanguard of the border army.

Everyone is a battle-hardened general, and they know when to send troops and when not to send troops.

It's clear that this is not the best time to send troops.

But everyone looked at Su Mo's calm expression, and gradually believed it in their hearts.

For the generals, they are 100% trusting and have no doubts.

A person who can defeat an army of millions with 300,000, a person who can defeat thousands of grandmasters with his own strength, how can he put everyone in a desperate situation?

Just as Su Mo was about to arrange a combat mission, a scout came to report quickly.

"General, general, big things are not good!"

"Our army has found Hun spies!"

Hearing this, Chen Wu and the others on the side changed their faces, and said with a nervous expression: "How far is it?" ”

The scout arched his hand and said, "Less than a hundred miles!" ”

Su Mo waved his hand and asked indifferently, "How many scout pioneers are there?" ”

The man thought for a while, and said with some doubts: "The brothers have only met a few hundred people, and I don't know how many people are left!" ”

After listening to the report, Su Mo asked him to leave first, and then began to think.

There are hundreds of scout vanguards, which means that there are no less than a thousand scouts.

According to the calculation of fifty scouts for every 10,000 people, there are at least hundreds of thousands of troops behind these thousand scouts.

There were hundreds of thousands of troops less than a hundred miles away, and the 20,000 vanguard army was by no means an opponent.

All the lieutenants were shocked in their hearts, their expressions were shocked, and they looked at Su Mo in a panic.

"General, what should we do now?"

"The Hun army also has at least 500,000!"

Looking at everyone's panicked expressions, Su Mo said indifferently: "The Hun army should have millions!" ”

Hearing this, all the lieutenants were shocked.

"Millions? How can it be? ”

"Did the Xiongnu royal court come out of the nest?"

All the lieutenants looked at Su Mo in a panic.

Millions of Huns are coming, how can they deal with the 20,000 vanguard army?

Although the border army had only recently defeated the millions of troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the situation was different now.

At the beginning, the army of 300,000 faced millions of troops and fought head-to-head in a peaceful place.

In addition, with the help of formations, this can make the vanguard of the border army of the Great Zhou Dynasty resist the border army under Su Mo head-on.

Now everyone is in the hinterland of the Xiongnu steppe, and it is late winter, and there is no terrain advantage.

It is a great test for the vanguard under the command of the border army.

Moreover, the Hun cavalry knew more about the steppe than everyone else.

The frontier vanguard army is quite unfamiliar with the grassland, and once it falls into the land of Hangu, there is a risk of death.

The most important thing is that the number gap is too large, and now the vanguard army has only 20,000 cavalry.

Even if the follow-up Chinese army arrived, there were only 100,000 cavalry on the Su and Mo side that went deep into the hinterland, facing millions of Xiongnu troops, which was undoubtedly a mantis arm.

Chen Wu on the side looked nervous, and his heart was full of thoughts.

This in-depth penetration into the hinterland of the Xiongnu was originally the time when he established meritorious deeds and showed his strength on the border.