ps: I want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions. Now search the WeChat public account "qdread" and follow it to give more support to "The Great Han Liehou"! When the cold gradually dissipates and the ice and snow in the north gradually melts, the hungry nomads step out of their felt tents and experience the erosion of the long winter snow. The cattle and sheep are as skinny as firewood, and the hungry children look at their fathers and cry for food. They need food. Groups of herdsmen organized themselves and came to wait outside the tribal tent. Without food, they will slowly starve to death in the next three months. In order to survive, there is only one way to go south to plunder. Things like this happened to thousands of grassland tribes in the desert. The long heavy snow extended from Monan to Mobei. Longcheng, the Chanyu Ting of the Xiongnu, was an ice-covered city. The hungry Huns reluctantly killed the thin cattle and sheep. The old parents rushed to the grassland to fend for themselves. They gnashed their teeth and sharpened their knives, and stared at their powerful neighbors in the south. "Da Shanyu! Let's send troops!" "Da Shanyu, let's make a decision!" "If we don't do anything, our troops will not be able to live any longer." The hungry prairie wolves are roaring, and the wolf king must satisfy the urgent needs of the wolves, otherwise he will His position will be shaken, and enemies dormant among the wolves will jump out, waiting for an opportunity to take their place. The military minister Shan Yu knew his brothers too well. They were just a pack of impersonal wolves. As long as they were given the slightest chance, the ferocious wolves would jump up and bite his throat and suck out his blood. In fact, he is also such a wolf. The strongest among the wolves is the wolf king, and the law of survival of the fittest on the grassland is implicitly guided. Zhao She hid in the crowd and kept silent. He knew very well that the Huns' plunder was inevitable. He was powerless and unable to stop it. The Bank of China said he was like a poisonous snake. Always secretly watching his every move. The military minister Shanyu stood up and said: "Grab! Go to the south to grab food to eat!" The Xiongnu nobles cheered as they walked out of the king's tent, and the remaining Han attendants were busy cleaning up the tent. The military minister Shanyu is going to the south to hunt and grab food, and the king's tent will go south with him. The nomadic people have no fixed abode. Shan Yuting in Mobei is only a summer resort and a camp in winter. In spring and autumn, the royal tents have to move to the south of the desert. The grassland of Monan is more fertile. If it were not for safety considerations, the military officials would have to move alone. Yu will also keep his royal tent in the south of the desert for a long time. The Huns moved very quickly. In the morning, the military minister Shanyu issued the order to attack, and in the evening, the big tent was almost packed. This attack was mainly based on elite cavalry. The old, weak, women and children were left behind in the team in the king's tent to advance slowly. That night, the Huns ate and rested early, waiting for the moment when the sun rose at dawn to set up camp and head south. There was still a brightly lit tent in one of the tents. The mute woman was holding a wine bottle with her eyebrows lowered and she didn't dare to raise her head. Her chin was plumper than before. If you look closely at her loose clothes, her belly swelled so high that she was obviously pregnant. . "Blessed is my good brother! Now that I have a child, I can now make up my mind to serve the Great Chanyu." Bank of China said with a smile. The mute girl's blush flashed past, and she moved unnaturally towards Zhao She. She didn't dare to look at the neither-male nor female middle-aged man and said that this gloomy eunuch had threatened her many times, as if he wanted to force her to say something, but he only gave up because the mute woman couldn't speak and couldn't read. . She is a lonely and helpless woman. A high fever robbed her of her ability to speak at a young age. Her parents disliked her for being unable to speak, so she was left to be raised by a widower from the same town. Her adoptive father was a careless old man. His wife and child died in the plague more than ten years ago, and the mute girl's childhood was not a happy one. At least I still have enough food and clothing for two meals a day. ¡°Perhaps God didn¡¯t want her to live an ordinary life, and fate reached out to her again. Unfortunate disaster struck unexpectedly. When she was ten years old, her adoptive father violated the criminal law and was exiled to Wancheng Dan, Yunzhong County. It was that year that the Huns sent troops south to plunder four counties and fled. Her adoptive father was drafted as a civilian husband and died there. During that war, she was lucky enough to escape death and was taken to Mobei Dragon City and demoted as a slave. At the beginning, the military minister Shan Yuxin married the new Shan Yulan and recruited Han maids to serve the new Shan Yulan in the Shan Yu's court. Because she was a weak woman and could not speak, she was sent to the Chan Yu's court to do laundry, laundry and cleaning. She originally thought that her life would be spent between the grassland and the royal tent. Unexpectedly, an uninvited guest broke into her life. That person was her husband Zhao She. Although she was not stunningly beautiful, even though she was not a tall beauty, and even though she was just a stupid and rough girl, Zhao She never disliked her. Instead, he tried his best to pity her, love her, and really liked her. The old man and the young wife were inseparable, and the husband sang and the wife followed the Jinse in harmony. I often saw Zhao She taking the mute girl for a walk in the grassland near the king's tent. He would softly tell childhood stories. The mute girl loved listening to those good stories. She can learn from the storyLooking back at Zhao She's past, she had a majestic father and a loving mother. It was the love of a family member that she had never enjoyed before. She envied her husband, really envied her. Zhao She patted the back of her hand: "Brother, do you have any news?" "The Great Chanyu is going to lead his army south in person. This time the target is Mayi, Yanmen County, where the Huns and the Han people traded. It is most convenient to choose where to start. " "Mayi? That time King Zuo Xian led his army and killed the Yanmen prefect to offend the Han emperor. In the past few years, he spent a lot of money to renovate and build the county. The prefect Guan Fu was a very good man. A powerful general, I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture Ma Yi." "Other locations will either go deep into the Han territory, or they will be too tight to capture. Only choosing Ma Yi will be the most effective." "People?" "The whole army will attack." "You mean there will be 2,780,000 people this time? There will be too much movement," Zhongxing said with a smile, "We are not afraid that the Han people will know about it." Even if he knows about the troubles, he can't do anything? We, the Huns, need to eat, so it's not natural to rob them of their horses. The Great Chanyu said that he was borrowing the food from his brothers and nephews' families to survive. When the autumn is high and the horses are fat, the great Chanyu can decide to give a million sheep as a compensation gift. The Han people will pay 100 yuan for one stone of grain and 150 yuan for each sheep. They will rob them of one million stone of grain in autumn. Millions of sheep. The emperor of the Han Dynasty made a profit. "The most abundant thing on the desert grassland must be cattle and sheep. Groups of cattle and sheep are scattered in every corner of the grassland. In addition to artificially grazing cattle and sheep, there are also many wild cattle and sheep. There are almost countless bison herds and yellow sheep herds. Just because this winter snow has made the entire grassland hungry, the Huns cannot kill them all just for food. Some grassland cattle and sheep, because they still have another winter to endure, and no one can say which winter will bring another severe cold and snowstorm. As long as they are given a chance to survive this spring, the emaciated cattle and sheep will become fat, and they will breed the next generation of cattle and sheep. The Huns can safely and boldly drive herds of cattle and sheep south. As long as the Han people acquiesce to this forced sale agreement, they can be forced to purchase enough food to survive the winter every winter in the future. This is precisely the ultimate ideal of every Xiongnu Chanyu. Zhao She¡¯s eyes narrowed slightly, and he had a perfunctory conversation with Bank of China. Bank of China said that it was boring and stood up to leave. "Are you feeling well? Shall I help you out for a walk?" The mute woman shook her head and said no, but found persistence in her husband's eyes, so she could only nod silently and followed her out of the tent. The stars were rising at night. , a crescent moon hangs in the night space. The mute girl likes to look at the stars very much, because the stars can shine on her family. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? A pigeon flew out of the woods. The inconspicuous black pigeon had a small copper ring on its paw. The copper ring had a buckle to hold a roll of paper. When he pulled out the letter, there was a secret message written in small characters on a three-finger-wide piece of paper, instructing him to find out as soon as possible the Huns' military plan for this year and whether they were prepared to go south. How many troops are ready to be dispatched, and which city are they ready to attack? Zhao She took out a new note from his hand, rolled it up and stuffed it into the small copper ring. After confirming that the buckle was locked and released the pigeon, the clever little guy fluttered out of the woods and headed south. Smart pigeons know how to avoid attacks by birds of prey and can use their instinctive positioning and navigation to identify directions day and night. Therefore, night is the best time for pigeons to fly. However, most pigeons do not dare to fly at night, and only those with special training can do so. The mute girl quietly watched the pigeons spread their wings and fly high, passing through the cover of night and passing through the barriers of thousands of rivers and mountains, as if the destination was her hometown Zuoyi County in Hedong County. She no longer remembers what her hometown looked like many years ago, and her memory has been washed away by too much hard life. She only remembers her mother's warm hands and the reluctant look in her eyes when she left. Perhaps that is maternal love. The speed of the Huns moving south was much slower than expected. The 150,000 horsemen of the Huns royal court moved very slowly. Da Chanyu hesitated and decided to advance slowly with the Huns royal tent. Perhaps he also thought that he could easily enter with a quick charge. Yanmen County plundered Mayi. The slow king's tent only traveled more than fifty miles a day. At night, in order to save time, they only set up small tents and barely stayed overnight. Most people put on their clothes and got into the felt tents and huddled together to sleep, just because they could reduce the number of felt tents. Increase the speed of breaking camp. There are 100,000 women and children in the king's tent, and 30,000 old and weak people stay in Longcheng to look after the safety of the nest. The Huns made up their mind to have a full meal in the Han territory and then return to the depths of the grassland and desert to spend the short summer. On the fifth day when the Xiongnu royal court went south, the first ones to receive the news were Yunzhong and Yanmen counties. "There is something strange on the grassland. Are you talking about the Zuoxian King's court in Monan? Zuoxian King suffered serious losses this winter, and experienced three consecutiveThere was a heavy snowstorm in October, so it was natural to send troops to retaliate against Yanmen County. A few days ago before the spring planting, I issued orders to all villages to step up preparations for war, strengthen defenses, and prepare for an attack on the Xiongnu. ¡± The governor of Yanmen, Guan Fu, rolled up his sleeves and looked very carefree. The county officials lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to say no. They were nothing in the eyes of the prefect. Guan Fu¡¯s greatest style as the governor was to trust and value businessmen. The strength of the team, especially the caravan of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, was used by his confidants. The black cavalry that performed miracles grew up with his deliberate connivance. Zhao Meng sat on his right side, drinking wine and frowning in thought: " Otherwise, heavy snow has fallen in the Xiongnu territory for three consecutive months, and I am afraid that the situation this year will be different from previous years. " "Is this what I mean, brother Xian? " Zhao Meng knows the Xiongnu very well. In the past five years, he has had the most fights with the Xiongnu tribes in Monan. Except for the Xiongnu's royal cavalry, he has never touched them. He has almost defeated all the invincible opponents in Monan, including several big ones under King Zuoxian's tent. The cavalryman named Xiao Wang, he captured more Huns prisoners than the Han army in Yanmen County killed. He picked out the strong prisoners and slaves in his hands and shed them, and gave the rest to the prefect for military exploits, so he He is very familiar with the living habits of the Huns. "The grassland and desert have suffered heavy losses. The rivers and pastures in Mobei are slightly worse than those in Monan. The winters north of the desert are longer and colder, and the summers are shorter and cooler. More livestock will starve to death." One chip. " "Then even the Shan Yu's court is going to move? " "It will definitely move, and it is very likely that they will go south to plunder and survive this spring. I know the habits of the Huns very well. They will regard the border counties as better pastures, eat the cattle and sheep in the border counties, and then return to the north. The desert eats their cattle and sheep. " Guan Fu said with a look of anger: "A group of despicable Huns, are they bullying my Han family? " Zhao Meng coughed to remind Guan Fu that he had lost his dignity, but he didn't want him to turn around: "My dear brother, why don't you join me to catch the Huns off guard, so that they can see the power of the Khan family. "The captain of the county suddenly became very unhappy: "Yanmen County only has a population of 220,000, and there are only more than 37,000 combatable soldiers at full strength. If you want the soldiers with good morale, you have to cut off half of them. At most, more than 10,000 soldiers can be used, and the food supplies are enough to feed the army for thirty-six months. However, including urban residents and residents of border counties who fled to avoid the war, the food supplies are only enough for three months at most. "Three months?" Guan Fu looked at the county magistrate suspiciously and received the first reply. More than 10,000 people and hundreds of thousands of people are two different things. Before the summer grain was put into the granary, everyone had to eat the grain in the granary. Now, It was only the beginning of March, and the summer harvest was at least about three months away. In theory, the food was barely enough to eat, but the actual situation was not like this. Normally, city defense training did not consume much energy, and the soldiers only needed to share the rations. The high-tension and high-intensity fighting consumes a huge amount of money. To eat must be the best food, and you need rations for two people. The civilians who contributed the most during the war must be given food for at least 1.5 people, because everyone is working hard during the war. , the civilians are not willing to do it without enough food. Theoretically, the three-month rations cannot last even two months. Unless they want to starve to death in Shanmu City, they have to find it. The county magistrate suddenly had an idea: "There are a lot of copper coins stored in the Yanmen County government office. It would be better to use them to buy food from Daiguo next door, so that our food problem can be solved. Lose. " "Hey, what you said makes sense! But what if the Huns feel that Yanmen is difficult to fight and turn around to attack Dai? After all, Daiguo is also one of the border counties. If Daiwang has three shortcomings, I will be in great trouble. "(My novel "The Great Han Liehou" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! 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