Yunzhong County, the city is set up on the military flag of the word Zhao, the military flag is blown in the cold wind to hunt, the soldiers of the Zhao army on the city wall are constantly patrolling against the cold wind, and they can deal with the possible Hun cavalry at any time.

Yunzhong County was the most glorious witness of the military force of the Zhao State at that time. The state of Zhao before King Wuling of Zhao was extremely tired in the face of the rising state of Qin and the state of Wei, which had already become the strongest of the Seven Kingdoms, and even the capital HD was captured by the Wei state. In order to avoid the annexation of the Zhao State, King Wuling of Zhao, who succeeded the King of Zhao, immediately began to rebuild the armament after mastering the power of the country, carried out the reform of Hufu cavalry and archery, and formed the largest cavalry-based army of the Seven Kingdoms at that time.

At that time, other countries were still dominated by chariots and infantry, and in the face of agile cavalry, the gap suddenly appeared. In the second year of the establishment of Hufuqi, the middle-aged country was annexed by Zhao, so that Huwang surrendered, since then King Wuling of Zhao and Hufuqi began a legendary life, defeating the Qin army and the Wei army many times, but also in the north to expand the territory, Lin Hu, Lou Fu these Hu people all expelled, laid down the territory of Nuoda, set up Yunzhong, Yanmen and Dai County.

Since then, Yunzhong and Yanmen have become the gateway to the southward of the Zhao Defense Grassland Tribe, and there are generations behind Yanmen as backup, but Yunzhong County is attacked on three sides, coupled with the barren land, and it is very dependent on domestic support, but in the territory of Zhao State, Yunzhong County is particularly isolated, and there is only a narrow road with the domestic passage, and it is often harassed by the Hun cavalry, which makes Yunzhong County even worse.

If the kings of Zhao in the past dynasties paid attention to the defense of the frontier, it would be good that the supplies of Yunzhong County could be delivered in time. If King Zhao did not pay attention to the border defense in the north, the defenders of Yunzhong County could only fight against the Xiongnu with a hungry stomach. Yunzhong County suffered no less from the Xiongnu invasion than Yanmen Pass.

"This God, those Huns and Hu people should be frozen enough, I really hope that yesterday's heavy snow can freeze them to death." An old soldier snorted as he looked at the empty grassland.

"yes, if we freeze them all to death, we'll be much better, and we'll be able to go home and have a look." Another veteran said.

Speaking of going home, the two veterans showed a trace of longing in their eyes, they have been stationed in Yunzhong County for eight years, they have not had a chance to go home in the past eight years, Yunzhong County is always facing the harassment of the Hun cavalry, once they come here, few people can go home within ten years.

"But the days have been good these years, with General Li Mu, our Yunzhong County has also been taken seriously by the king, at least there will be no more hungry and Huns fighting." The veteran shook his head, dispelling the longing for his hometown.

"Yes, if General Li Mu is in charge of our Yunzhong County, maybe it will be like King Wuling led Hu Fu to defeat Yunzhong County and lead us to take down Lou Fu and the Xiongnu." A glimmer of hope flashed in the veteran's eyes, but then only loss remained.

It's a pity that Li Mu started in Yanmen Pass, and Yanmen Pass coped with the common intrusion of the Xiongnu and Hu people, and there is a rich land behind Yanmen Pass, which is destined to be more important than Yunzhong County and Jiuyuan County.

The two veterans who were gossiping in pieces suddenly stopped, and their pupils constricted, because the originally empty grassland was now covered with sand and dust, and they could vaguely hear the sound of horses' hooves and horses' chirping. In Yunzhong County for eight years, how could they not know what this meant, only a large-scale Hun cavalry attack could cause such a large-scale dust.

"Ring the alarm! The Hun cavalry is coming!! The two veterans immediately tore open their throats and shouted loudly.

While shouting, he ran along the city wall, informing the defenders on the city wall, and the others heard the news of the Hun invasion, and looked outside the city, the sky was full of sand, and some sharp-eyed people could still faintly see the Hun cavalry in the dust.

"Be on guard! Alert! ”

The defenders on the city wall were immediately on alert, and the soldiers in charge of the alarm bell rang the bronze bell desperately, and the thick and rapid bell rang throughout the cloud city, and the entire cloud city was operational, and the resting soldiers rushed out with armor and weapons in hand. The defending generals of Yunzhong County also came to the head of the city.

"General, look ahead." The lieutenant general pointed to the rolling yellow sand in front of him and said.

The general looked at the yellow sand in front of him, knowing that this was caused by the Hun cavalry running with all his might, but it was obvious that the other party was not not coming towards Yunzhong City, if the opponent's target was Yunzhong City, then at this moment, these Hun cavalry had already come to the city.

"What about the spies we sent out?" The defending general asked.

"They haven't come back yet, these Huns are really weird, the heavy snow in winter didn't make them honest, but such a large-scale transfer." The adjutant shook his head and said.

"Eighty percent of them were seriously damaged by the snow disaster, and now they are ready to go south to loot and make up for it, no matter what their goal is, let the messenger send the large-scale mobilization of the Huns to Jiuyuan County and various cities, and then send people to HD and Yanmen Pass." The defending general said.

"No!" Said the adjutant general.

The mobility of the Huns is unpredictable to them, it is possible that they will be in Yunzhong County today, and they will arrive at Yanmen Pass in two days, no matter how the other party moves, they must prepare the various cities and gather the people.

At this time, among the Hun cavalry, King Zuo Xian and Zhihuan rode in parallel.

"Strategist, our actions like this should have attracted the attention of Zhao Jun in Cloud City, right? Touman said, let's march secretly, don't alarm these Zhao troops, we march like this, will Touman take the opportunity to punish us. King Zuo Xian asked with some concern. Although he is ready to be the enemy of Touman, but now Touman is still the big Dan Yu of the Huns, the leader of the wolf tribe, and his strength is strong, and he is not good to really oppose the other party completely.

Zhihuan glanced at Cloud City, and an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes, but then he covered it up and said

"Before leaving, we were two days late, and we can use the heavy snow that the Zuoxianwang tribe was badly affected and delayed their departure for two days in order to prepare food and grass. The road of the march was either not able to reach the end on time because of the long distance, or it was blocked by heavy snow, in order to catch up with the footsteps of Da Danyu, we took the risk to take this road, as for the defenders, we said that there was no alarm, that is, there was no alarm. Zhihuan said.

The corners of Zuo Xianwang's mouth twitched, and then he said with a smile

"In your Central Plains words, is this called covering your ears and stealing bells?"

Zhihuan glanced at King Zuo Xian and didn't speak, he knew that King Zuo Xian also started to read some books from the Central Plains on weekdays. Not only King Zuoxian, but also the entire Zuoxian King and the Xiongnu nobles under his command began to be interested in the Central Plains, but most of them were interested in the various pleasure methods of the Central Plains monarchs. Some people even want to make a wine pond meat forest to show their strength.

The Xiongnu nobles who have had too many hard days, their biggest pleasure in ordinary days is to drink and watch dances, there is no other way to enjoy themselves, which is equivalent to standing on the top of the gold mountain, but there is no way to spend, and Zhihuan is just after a banquet, casually mocking a few words that the Hun nobles will not enjoy, causing these Hun nobles to draw their swords against each other, while they are drunk, Zhihuan said what a lot of absurd monarchs do.

The Central Plains not only crushed the Xiongnu in terms of excellent culture, but also in some absurd things that these Huns could not imagine. It only took a short time for these Xiongnu nobles to go from the initial skepticism of Zhihuan's words, to the excitement, and then to the final indulgence. Of course, this kind of pleasure appeared only in a very small part of the population, so the Huns did not suspect it. In their cognition, they attacked other tribes, occupied better grasslands, and went south to plunder the Central Plains, in order to enjoy the jeweled women, and some Xiongnu nobles even wanted to join them.

"The king's mastery of the Central Plains culture is growing day by day, and I'm afraid it won't take long for him to be no less than me."

In the face of Zhihuan's sycophant, King Zuo Xian was very useful, nodded and asked

"Touman asked us to send 30,000 troops, why did we lead 50,000 horses? You know, these 50,000 people are our elite. ”

"Da Dan Yu asked us to lead 30,000 people, but we led 50,000 people, so the preparation of grain and grass will be delayed, we are because of our loyalty to Da Dan Yu and delayed the departure time, do you think facing a big Dan Yu will punish a king who is loyal to him? This king or his younger brother? If he chased, what would the other tribal leaders think? Zhihuan said.

Hearing Zhihuan's words, King Zuo Xian's eyes lit up. Once again, he felt that it was a very correct decision for him to tie Zhihuan to be a military advisor.

"Obey my orders, the whole army will speed up, and be sure to arrive at Shangdang County within three days to join Dadanyu." Zuo Xianwang said.

The entire army of Zuo Xianwang's department let out a strange cry, and the speed of the entire army increased again. The spy of the Zhao army in the dark watched the Hun cavalry change the direction of their advance, and after continuing to follow for a distance, they rode towards Yunzhong City.

The defenders of the city saw the spies coming back, and lowered a basket from the wall, and after the spies entered the basket, the soldiers on top pulled it up, and the defending general looked at the spies and asked

"How? Where was the direction of the Hun cavalry? ”

"Back to the general, the Huns did not go to the east, they went to the west, and their target was not Jiuyuan County, but Guangyan?" The defending general asked with a frown.

"Yes, they are a hundred miles ahead and going straight south." The spy said.

"I see, let's go down and rest." The defending general said.

"General, are the Huns crazy? Is this want to go deeper? The adjutant asked.

"The Huns are not stupid, first send the information about the Huns' abnormal movements, and let the court and General Li Mu decide what to do? During this time, the various cities could not hold out, and the people were shrinking in the city. The defender general said.

"No!"

More than a dozen cavalrymen marched from Cloudsdale in all directions, each carrying information about the Huns' movements.

(End of chapter)