The battle to recapture Shanwucheng in Dingxiang was fought swiftly and swiftly, and it felt like a small test for the Youzhou Army... This was not only because Shanwucheng was defeated in one battle, but more importantly, the results of the Youzhou Army's victory

Surprisingly, they actually blocked thousands of Xiutu's Xiongnu soldiers and horses who had no time to disperse and flee under the Great Wall to the west of Shanwu City and to the south of Shahukou, and thus beheaded thousands and captured thousands more.

To be fair, this is completely different from the previously worried conjecture that the Huns would be defeated in one battle, and then dispersed, making it impossible for people to start.

"Junhou."

In the afternoon, in the wilderness west of Shanwu City, under the banner of a white horse, looking at the Huns prisoners being escorted back, Lou Gui suddenly turned back and looked at Gongsun Xun. "I have a plan that may be able to break the current power of the Huns."

"General!"

Before Gongsun Xun could reply, he was far away. Tian Feng, who had returned from personal reconnaissance on the battlefield ahead, shouted from afar on his horse. "I just thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy. If successful, it will definitely cause pain to the Huns. No matter how hard it is, the Huns will suffer."

Dare to cross the river easily again and invade Shanxi."

Gongsun Xun, who was under the umbrella, laughed for a moment: "What a coincidence! I just thought of a plan... Do you think the three of us should each write a word on the palm of our hand to reflect each other?"

As soon as these words came out, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and other more stable people were fine, but Wei Yue, Tian Yu, Jingze and other unconventional people couldn't help but join in the fun:

"Your Majesty is in such a good mood!"

"In my opinion, the two lieutenants must have the same views as the princes and heroes."

"Your Majesty, you should have paper, pen and ink pouch with you, right?"

"General, why do you need to be so mysterious?" At this moment, Tian Yuanhao stepped up to his banner and became a little impatient. "Isn't it just to imitate Ma Yi's plan and lure the enemy deeper? The war is changing rapidly. At this time, we should plan and implement it as soon as possible.

, in case you miss your plane, where is the time to do these things?”

There were many generals and officers in the Chinese army, as well as many scribes, and they couldn't help but chat with each other.

"Yuan Hao must be blamed for seeking perfection." Gongsun Xun laughed again and again when he saw this, but didn't take it seriously. "The army is in a hurry and the war is serious. Because of this, there should be some games after the war in order to relax... You think so?

no?"

Tian Feng actually couldn't refute.

"But since the strategy is the same and has been stated, there is no need to play games." Lou Gui stepped forward to smooth things over. "Why don't we go back to Shanwu City immediately and make arrangements."

Gongsun Xun nodded slightly at first, then smiled and shook his head, but before reining in his horse and turning around, he ordered Jingze: "Send the order, today is the first victory in Shanxi, don't bother, take away the few heads that Pingcheng father sent before

Kill the pig, along with the war horse that died today, and find some clean okra to make dumplings for dinner tonight!"

Jingze naturally agreed, and the surrounding sergeants cheered loudly, but Tian Feng, who had followed Lou Gui around, couldn't help but shake his head.

By the way, many years ago, Aunt Gongsun tried hard to promote her transformation of wheat rice into pasta, and dumplings were even 'invented' long ago, but the results have always been poor.

There are naturally many reasons, but one of the most important problems is that it is difficult to heat traditional pottery quickly and cook it completely. However, with the emergence of iron pots, this situation was almost immediately reversed, and a large amount of pasta was quickly spread.

and were invented, and dumplings, as one of the main forces of pasta, quickly became a common food in the northern region and even the Central Plains... It is indeed a universal food. Dumplings filled with pure wild vegetables are always very popular.

It's common, but the ones stuffed with pork are hard to find.

Of course, when Gongsun Xun wanted to make dumplings this time, it was just out of boredom that he had a sense of humor, because his plan with Lou Gui and Tian Feng was very simple, which was to 'make dumplings'.

Before the Shanwu battle, the three of them came to the conclusion that it was easy to defeat the enemy but difficult to annihilate them, and then difficult to defeat the Huns due to the characteristics of the Huns' cavalry. However, when they personally fought with the Huns on the edge of the Datong Basin in the northernmost part of Shanxi,

After a battle, after witnessing some extra things on the battlefield, I came to the opposite conclusion - that is, the Youzhou Army may not be able to cause large-scale destruction to the Huns, thus deterring the Huns.

There are two reasons for this change.

One is the Great Wall, specifically the Inner Great Wall.

The so-called Inner Great Wall, as the name suggests, is the Great Wall inland, which has lost its border defense function, such as those built by the Seven Heroes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Great Wall built by Qi State in the Taishan area, and the Great Wall built by Zhao State in Handan.

The Great Wall on the border between Korea and Chu... This kind of Great Wall is famous in history, but it was immediately abandoned after the unification, and even became a traffic obstruction and had to be demolished.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Xun and others ignored this issue before.

However, in the so-called Shanxi area from Taihang Shanxi to the Yellow River, its inner Great Wall is not only well-preserved, but its length and scale are far greater than elsewhere. Even because of the terrain, it still plays a role in delaying the Hu cavalry...

In particular, the Great Wall built along the Luliang Mountains in western Shanxi stretches for hundreds of miles and is built along the mountains. It is a "hodgepodge" that has been continuously built and connected for thousands of years since the Warring States Period.

There is no way, this has been the dividing line between Hu and Han since ancient times. If nothing else, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had not captured the Hetao area before, how could he not build the Great Wall here to defend the Huns?

In fact, the famous Yanmen Pass is not located to the north of Pingcheng... there is a defense system with Gaoliusei as the core. Yanmen Pass is located in the southernmost part of Yanmen County. The complexity of the Great Wall in Shanxi Province is evident.

Today, it is precisely this inner Great Wall in the Luliang Mountains where no one is stationed, which seriously hindered the Huns' escape on the battlefield.

Gongsun Xun and others also took advantage of the opportunity to realize the value of this abandoned Great Wall - if they can fight on the east side of the Great Wall like today's Shanwuyi battle, then the Huns will not be able to escape so easily!

As for another reason, the Huns who were slaughtering various tribes in front of them were really too poor!

In the blink of an eye, the time came to evening, and Shanwu City, which was empty due to the war, had long been turned into a large military camp. However, due to the existence of the city, it was more spacious and casual than the military camp. Moreover, the battle was finally won today, and no matter how poor the Huns were,

They also contributed a lot of war horses and military exploits, and the aroma of dumplings filled the air, which filled Shanwu City with a lot of laughter and laughter. The atmosphere was really good.

At this time, in the lobby of the former county official temple, General Wei Gongsun Xun, who had already eaten a bowl of dumplings, was staring at a middle-aged Huns with a dark face and a thin body eating opposite him... Under the light of the lights, the latter was covered in

It was dirty, even stained with blood, and he didn't know how to use chopsticks, so he was actually picking up the dumplings and eating them with his hands.

This is already his fourth bowl of dumplings.

"Is it delicious?" Gongsun Xun looked at it for a while and then suddenly spoke.

The Huns heard the words and wanted to reply, but they were choked by the dumplings in their throats, and were in a state of embarrassment for a moment.

"It doesn't matter, drink some hot soup." Gongsun Xun had some free time and took his time.

Someone immediately brought soup to him. The Huns drank several sips before finally regaining their composure. Then they hurriedly left the table and tried to kneel down to reply.

"Just sit back, don't be in a hurry." Gongsun Xun still didn't care. "Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious!" The Huns had greasy hands and looked cautious, but when he heard the question again, he immediately replied loudly without hesitation.

"As long as it's delicious." Gongsun Xun chuckled. "I can see it too... What's your name? Who are you?"

"My name is Xu Bu Qi, and I am the leader of the Xiutu tribe. I have two to three thousand people under my command... My grandfather was the Guduhou of the previous Xiutu tribe."

"You are actually a noble Xiongnu?" Gongsun Xun wanted to laugh even more. "I just wanted to ask you. You speak Chinese so well and your kneeling posture is not bad, but why can't you use chopsticks? And it seems that you can't use chopsticks.

Have you never eaten dumplings?"

"Report to the general." The middle-aged Xiongnu leader held the wooden bowl in front of him and replied cautiously. "We are here to slaughter all the tribes..."

"I know." Gongsun Xun didn't take it seriously. "Xiutu Gege, in Chinese terms, is the Earth Goddess Division. It is the most powerful division on the right side of the Xiongnu, and its leader has always held the position of Guduhou...

I have been stationed in Yanmen Village for several years, how come I don’t know about you? Aren’t you the leader of this rebellion? Your leader, Xubu Guduhou, was even promoted to be the chanyu... But with such a large group, you are the leader of the group.

Sir, why can’t you even use chopsticks?”

Xubu Juci became more and more cautious after hearing the words, and seemed to be quite shy, but his face was dark and could not be seen: "Reporting to the general, we are not slaughtering each tribe. Although there are many people and many noble species, we live in the royal court.

In the gaps between the bad desert soil on the right, it is extremely difficult to raise cattle, sheep and horses, so they have always been the poorest. In addition to the rewards from the royal court, there are only some salt lakes where you can make a living..."

"So that's it. Then the rebellion is not only because you are dissatisfied with the imperial court's arbitrary decision after taking office, but also because of poverty?" Gongsun Xun suddenly realized. "Let me just say... this Shanwu City

The city has been empty for a long time, and there is not much wealth, but when you fled today, you actually carried wooden utensils and pottery utensils and refused to let go, which shows that you are extremely poor."

"That's exactly what I mean." Xubu Juci hurriedly added. "In fact, that day, when the general who was protecting the Xiongnu was good at killing and setting up Shanyu, and the court also punished him for his crime, why would we care and be dissatisfied? If

It was really because of this dissatisfaction, then why didn’t we rebel that day and only rebelled after so many years? In fact, in the past few years, the Shanyu Qiang Canal not only cut off the rewards from our right side, but also collected the lake salt with hard work and handed it over.

He, he didn't help us sell it either... We were so poor on the right side that we really couldn't survive! Just at this time, the imperial court summoned us to go south to suppress the rebellion. The royal court and the left side were just fine.

But on the right side of us, everyone was worried that if they left their hometown, all the women and children would starve to death, so they felt angry and killed Qiang Qu in one fell swoop, and established the Marquis of my family's capital as Shanyu."

"Then you kept doing nothing, and then joined forces with Zuobu and others to cross the river to snatch my Yanmen?" Gongsun Xun smiled half-heartedly. "I know the origins of your massacre of various tribes, and I also know why you rebelled...

…Then do you know my origin?”

"I know!" Xubu Juci became more and more nervous. "We knew the reputation of General Baima more than ten years ago when Shan Yu and General Zang went out to the fortress. I was also in the army at that time, and my father was there at that time.

Damn it, later on the name of General White Horse came from the east, then from the north, and then from the west, how could you not know?"

"But you don't know that Yanmen is my place?" Gongsun Xun suddenly interrupted, and his expression became cold.

Subu Juci immediately didn't dare to speak and just nodded with all his strength.

"Do you know now?" Gongsun Xunfu asked coldly.

"I know." Subu Juci was frightened.

"It's not strange for those who don't know, and you did have a reason for it." Gongsun Xunfu smiled again. "And I don't want to fight with poor soldiers and poor people like you... Although victory is certain, victory is inevitable.

It will only take a few horses, and there will inevitably be some casualties."

Xubujuci realized something in his daze, but he couldn't help but get excited.

"I will release the more than a thousand people captured this time, as well as your war horses." Gongsun Xun continued. "You go to the west to find your Shanyu and tell him that I have no intention of quarreling with him, but he

You cannot continue to cross the river to harass my territory..."

"I will definitely bear in mind the great general's kindness." Xubu Juci suppressed his excitement and asked carefully. "It's just that I really don't know what the general's territories are?"

"Do you know about Huangganshui in Yunzhong County?" Gongsun Xun asked impatiently.

"I know." Subu Juci had completely understood what the other party meant.

"Although I have a heart, I have no power to go further west. With Yunzhong County Huangganshui as the boundary, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen to the east, Taiyuan, Shangdang, Hedong to the south... none of them can be interfered with by you.

! Even in the west, Han people are not allowed to plunder, and if they want to come to the east, you are not allowed to stop them!"

"I will listen to the general."
To be continued...