Chapter 57: Swearing to the Northern Expedition

In Yanmen City, there is a detached courtyard, a few small houses and a few trees. This is a very typical northern house and does not attract attention at all.

In a room, three middle-aged people gathered together and were discussing major events.

The three of them, one with a slightly taller head, one with a slightly shorter and one with a slightly fat face, and the three of them had their brows tightly, as if something was a big deal.

"Do you find it strange?" asked the middle-aged man who was slightly taller in confusion.

"What's strange?" asked the middle-aged man, who was a little short,.

"Yanmen City is very strange these days. As for why it is so weird, I can't say it." The taller middle-aged man frowned into the character "Shiz-Jiang": "Since the whole city searched for the thieves a few days ago, the Han army has strengthened its vigilance and is not allowed to go out or anyone accepts visits. Could it be that the news from the Da Shanyu led his army to leak?"

"Leaked? What if it is leaked?" The fat middle-aged man said disdainfully: "The Han people are now holding a funeral for the Han emperor. They never thought that the Great Shanyu was going to travel south. Even if they knew, what could they do? Their army had no fighting spirit and low morale. Even if they wanted to fight with the Great Huns, they were powerless."

"Not necessarily." The middle-aged man, who was slightly tall, shook his head and said, "The Han Dynasty said it well, "It is said that the Huns will win. Although this time the Great Huns went south was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they were worried that they would anger the Han people. Once the Han people were angry, it would be a person who would die, which was more terrifying than high morale."

He paused slightly and said, "You must know that the Han people attach great importance to the word "filial piety". This is a national mourning. The Great Huns are attacking at this time, which is like sprinkling salt on their wounds. It is impossible to make the Han people not angry."

Although the military minister Shanyu chose an excellent opportunity, he also angered the Han people. Even Emperor Wu of Han was very angry and vowed to kill the Huns to the point of no seeds. The Huns were very insightful in their meticulous works and hit the nail on the head.

"Even if they have the will to die, what can they do?" The fat middle-aged man still disdained and said: "They are hasty to respond, and it is too late to transfer troops to join the war. You must know that the Great Huns are no longer as they used to have no siege equipment. Today's Great Huns have many siege equipment. Once they reach the Han territory, the Han people's cities will be captured immediately. Not to mention anything else, even Yanmen City is not an opponent of the Great Huns. As long as these cities are captured, the entire north of the Han people will be under the control of the Great Huns. Without the barriers to the north, the Central Plains will be without danger. The plain land of the Central Plains is suitable for the warriors of the Great Huns to gallop! Without the Central Plains, is the Han Dynasty still the Han Dynasty?"

The Central Plains is the most important place in China. At that time, the Central Plains was even more important, and the Central Plains was equivalent to China. If the Central Plains were lost, the Han Dynasty would be the same as the demise.

This person's words make sense. Once the city in the north is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable. The terrain of the north is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is a natural barrier to the Central Plains. Once it is broken by the Huns, the Central Plains will be without danger. The plain land of the Central Plains will become a paradise for the Huns to gallop at will.

In history, the most famous one who lost the northern land and then the Central Plains was the incompetent Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty did not retract the barriers of the Central Plains. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongol cavalry could attack the Central Plains at any time.

Under the attack of the Khitans, the Song Dynasty was defeated and the Central Plains was still able to protect the Central Plains. However, when the Jurchens came, the Song Dynasty even lost the Central Plains.

Even if the Central Plains were lost, half of the country was still there, but when the Mongols came, they could not even defend half of the country, and the entire dynasty was destroyed. The reason was that the Song Dynasty lost land and land from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

It was precisely because the cities in the north were too important that Zhou Yang was determined not to let the Huns burn the war to the border. In that case, even if the Han army won, the price would be very high, and at least the pastoral crops would be destroyed a lot.

"Stop talking about the distance, just talk about what's happening now." A little high-school-aged man brought the topic back to the present: "I didn't talk about all the interactions between the Han army and the outside world, and it seemed that I was still making secret preparations, accumulating food and grass, and regulating a large number of war horses. Look at this, it seems that there is something big happening."

The 250,000 Han army had to mobilize the Jinggu that needed to be mobilized, and there were countless eggs. Not to mention, the mobilization of this war horse was an astonishing number. It was impossible to avoid any news, although Zhou Yang had done his best.

"That's right." The fat middle-aged man nodded and said, "Where is the intention of the Han army doing this? It is very likely to be attacking the Hetao land!"

"It must be the land of Hetao!" The shorter middle-aged man immediately agreed.

Even if they wanted to break their heads, they would not have thought that the Han army would go straight to Longcheng this time. After all, in the thousands of years of war between China and the Huns, the Chinese army had not appeared in Longcheng, even though countless people shouted the bold words of "going straight to Longcheng".

What else can the Han army have mobilized and secretly prepared for such a large scale, besides fighting for the Hetao land? You must know that in the thousands of years of war, China and the Huns competed for the Hetao land, which was extremely fierce, with countless casualties. The most famous ones were that King Wuling of Zhao and Meng Tian defeated the Huns in the Hetao land.

The Hetao Land is the hilt of a sharp sword. Whoever owns the Hetao Land will hold the hilt tightly, and whoever can have the initiative. The Han Dynasty is already preparing to attack the Hetao Land, and it is also possible to raid the Hetao Land.

"This Wei Qing is so cunning. He actually transferred back the army to attack the Hetao area, but was secretly preparing to give the Great Huns a cold defense." The middle-aged man agreed with this judgment and shouted insult to Wei Qing.

"We will report to the Great Shanyu that the Han army is going to attack the Hetao area!" The fat middle-aged man suggested.

"We have to report to the Great Shanyu quickly!" The other two had no objection, and the matter was settled.

He made a bunch of silk and drew some strange symbols on it. The Huns had no words, so they used symbols to convey information. The general meaning was that the Han army was secretly preparing to attack the Hetao area and asked the military officials and Shanyu to take precautions early.

After drawing, take out a copper tube, stuff it inside, grab a flying eagle, tie it to its claws, and put it into the sky. After a few swings of the flying eagle, it soars into the air and wants to fly away.

"call out!"

At this moment, a sharp arrow flew over and hit the flying eagle. The flying eagle slammed into the snow, and kept thrusting, snowflakes splashing everywhere.

"who?"

The three Huns knew something was wrong and shouted loudly.

"Bang!"

The gate of the courtyard was kicked open, and a team of fully armed Han soldiers rushed in, and the shaking ring-headed sword in their hands shone in with a dazzling light.

This team of Han troops was the Han army led by Zhao Ponu, who came to capture the Xiongnu's detailed works.

Before the three masterpieces could react, they surrounded the Han army soldiers and looked at the shaking ring-headed knife in the hands of the Han army. The three of them kept sucking the cold air.

How powerful the ring-headed sword is, the battle of Donghu has been proven. The Huns are known for their good use of scimitars, but when the Huns' scimitars encountered the Han army's ring-headed sword, they were no match for them. In that battle, the Huns suffered countless casualties and injured, and the 200,000 Huns' army was destroyed.

The ring-headed sword is right in front of them, how can they not be afraid?

"What are you doing? We are good people of the great man." Xiaozhu, who was slightly tall, was busy leaving behind.

"The good people of the great man?" Zhao Ponu picked up the flying eagle on the ground, shook it in his hand, pulled off the copper tube on the eagle's claws, and said disdainfully: "The good people of the great man will do anything to betray their ancestors?"

"We are really the people of the Han Dynasty." The fat girl argued weakly.

"No matter how you three Huns' fine works, no matter how you imitate the Han people, the smell of sheep on their bodies cannot be removed." Zhao Ponu broke his lips and said coldly: "I have been eyeing you for a long time, will you admit your mistake? Take it away! If you dare to resist, you will cut it directly."

The Han soldiers without saying anything, put the ring-headed knife around the neck of the three of them. The three of them were frightened and pushed the Han soldiers.

Zhao Ponu pulled out the silk and looked at it, and couldn't help but sneer: "Attack the Hetao land? You can really think about it! What the Han Dynasty wanted to attack the Huns' nests, not the Hetao land."

The land of Hetao is important, but it is not as good as the current Longcheng. The 600,000 Huns army gathered in Longcheng. If it was brought to a pot, the Han-Hungary War would basically come to an end.

Under the command of Zhao Ponu, the Han army arrested the Xiongnu who were hidden in Yanmen City in large quantities. These small quantities had long been under the surveillance of the Han army. It was very simple to arrest them and it would be finished soon.

Zhao Ponu came to meet Zhou Yang with the results.

At this time, Zhou Yang was still discussing military information with Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi, Wei Qing and the others. When he saw Zhao Ponu come in, he asked, "Zhao Ponu, how is it going?"

"Master, just put your heart in your stomach." Zhao Ponu smiled and said, "A total of twenty-four fine works were captured and hundreds of flying eagles were seized."

"Okay!" Zhou Yang raised his eyebrows and praised loudly: "With these flying eagles, I can communicate directly with Shanyu."

"College? Grandmaster, you are really good at pronunciating. This is obviously a fool!" Li Guang said with a smile while holding his beard.

"Haha!" Everyone laughed in unison. When these flying eagles came to Zhou Yang's hands, they would definitely use unexpected magical uses, and it would not be a problem to lead Junchen Shanyu's nose.

"Master General, please check the news that the Huns sent to the Shanyu." Zhao Ponu handed Zhou Yang the three detailed messages.

Zhou Yang took it and couldn't help laughing: "It's pretty good! It's pretty good! I originally thought that I had to write some fake news, but they all made it for me, saving me some tricks."

"Just add one sentence, just say that it will take a month to act at the earliest." Zhou Yang added with a smile.

Li Guang took the silk and saw it, and almost laughed out loud: "Master, the Huns wanted to break their heads and never thought that we would attack Longcheng. If this news is sent, Shanyu will definitely believe it! It is undoubtedly true!"

The Han army's attack on Longcheng was too bold and unexpected. No one would have thought that the military minister Shanyu would never have thought of it. If the Han army attacked the Hetao area, he would have believed that Zhou Yang was well delivered.

After taking the silk, Zhou Yang drew some symbols on the silk. Just a seamless fake news was enough. It was put in a copper tube and handed over to Zhao Ponu to deal with.

Zhao Ponu took it, tied it to the eagle's legs, threw the flying eagle into the sky, the flying eagle flapped its wings and flew into the air, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Master, we don't have to worry about false news in the future. We just need to read the news about attacking the Hetao area from time to time." Cheng Buzhi looked at the sky where there was no trace of the flying eagle and came up with an idea.

"That's it!" Zhou Yang nodded with a smile and said, "Send the order, and go to the battle the day after tomorrow!"

"promise!"

The generals answered their orders loudly and began to make the final preparations.

"What's wrong with the handsome guy?"

"We need to prepare so much dry food and so many ginger eggs."

"How many war horses have been transferred? There are at least hundreds of thousands."

"This is not defense, it must be an offense. Where should the big man play?"

As the preparations of the Han army deepened, the Han army generals felt something was wrong, and they speculated a lot. They mobilized Jinggu, eggs, cooked cakes, and hundreds of thousands of war horses on such a large scale. This was a measure that the Han army would do to make a large-scale move.

It doesn't require much intelligence, it only takes a little military-minded person to guess it.

In the past few days, the Han army generals have been talking and talking nonstop as soon as they meet.

We can't blame them for being such a large-scale preparation, even if there was no Great Wall War in that year. Judging from the preparations of the Han army, this is the Han army going to go out of the frontier in large numbers, so where will the Han army attack?

"You said, where are we going to call?"

"Although the Huns control the desert for thousands of miles and have a vast territory, there are not many places worth our massive entry into the blockade."

"The places worthy of our big move are not just Hetao, Longcheng, Shanyu Wangting, and Langjuxu Mountain. Longcheng, Shanyu Wangting, Langjuxu Mountain is too far away. Hetao is closest to the Han Dynasty. It is a natural pasture. If it is captured by the Han Dynasty, it will be an extremely heavy blow to the Huns. In my opinion, it is almost a must-have to attack the Hetao area!"

"It's reasonable, I think so too!"

"Hetao, that's the lifeblood of the Huns! During the previous dynasty, Meng Tian defeated the Huns in Hetao, and the Huns were killed and injured countless times. We cannot let the previous dynasty compete. We must prepare well and fight this battle!"

"We must beat the Huns to accumulate like mountains and blood flows into rivers!"

The speculations of the generals encouraged each other and could not lose the power of the Han army. You must know that Meng Tian defeated the Huns in the Hetao area, which was a peak existence. Decades later, when this matter was mentioned, it still made people feel passionate.

In Longcheng, the weather is cold and the north wind blows, it feels like throwing a knife and slashing the face hurts.

However, the cold wind as cold as a scimitar could not stop the enthusiasm of the Huns. The Huns still galloped and trained in the wind and snow, which was a hot scene.

Junchen Shanyu rode on the horse and looked around, and was very happy.

"How many people have arrived now?" Junchen Shanyu waved the horse whip in his hand casually and said happily: "Is there two million?"

"The Great Shanyu is not two million, but it is not far apart." Yi Zhixie replied with a smile: "Now, there are 550,000 and 60,000 troops who have arrived here, and the remaining tens of thousands are coming to Longcheng, and it will be almost done in another five or six days."

"Five or six days?" Junchen Shanyu raised his eyebrows and said, "They are too slow, and it will take so many days to arrive."

In order to avenge revenge and to avenge shame, Junchen Shanyu endured it for so many years. Now, he finally waited for a good opportunity. According to his nature, he was eager to lead his army south immediately to give the Han Dynasty a heavy blow to avenge the humiliation.

"The Great Shanyu is not slow." Yi Zhixie understood the mood of the military minister Shanyu very much. Since the defeat of the Great Wall, he has always forgotten to take revenge: "Don't talk about the current season, even when spring is in full bloom, it is difficult to mobilize so many troops in a month. When the warriors of the Great Huns heard that they wanted to fight against the Han Dynasty and avenge, they were all happy and hard to say. One part of their strength made two parts, so that they could only arrive at Longcheng in such a short time."
To be continued...