The big man has a living father

Chapter 166 (Long Chapter) The Xiongnu Princess
It is actually very difficult to understand the Huns just by using the three words "Huns".

To understand the Huns, perhaps a more recent example would be the Tibetan chieftains and serfs.

The difference is that the Xiongnu nobles were a military group, a general term for all the rulers of the vast grassland area spanning the northeast to Eastern Europe.

Of course, at this time, the Huns are still unwilling to leave the good place south and north of the desert and turn to manage Central Asia, West Asia and even Eastern Europe.

And there are many similarities.

This kind of oppression cannot be simply described by a few things.

To give a simple example, when Huo Hai was a child, he watched a TV series called "Dust of History". There is such a description in the original book of this TV series.

When the young man took one look at the virgin daughter of a serf, she should have known that she should lift her butt up coquettishly. She failed to do so and was severely reprimanded by her mother.

The key to this scene is not what the chieftains and nobles can do, but why the serfs are willing to be treated like this.

If we look at the matter from a broader perspective, countless serfs' bones are buried beneath the temple. In the same year when the great famine swept across the entire plateau, countless amounts of milk were painted on the outer walls of the palace. The thick white walls were painted with the lives of countless people.

The ritual implements in the temple, even the wine bowls, were skulls, not those of the enemies but of the serfs.

The bones left behind by the nobles were not from serfs, but from dogs. The rank of serfs was not that high. First came cattle and horses, then dogs, then sheep, then winnowing baskets, shoulder poles, buckets, brooms, dry flower petals... lumps of cow dung, and then serfs.

Why did the serfs want to do this? There was only one reason: they wanted to survive.

And the Huns today are the same.

Using the term "Xiongnu" to describe the Xiongnu is the biggest joke in the world.

How big is the gap between the Xiongnu nobles and ordinary Xiongnu people?

Their birthplaces may be three thousand kilometers apart.

The children of Xiongnu nobles might know the languages ​​of three or five tribes, the official language of the Han Dynasty, and even the language of Daxia, as well as many languages ​​of the hundreds of countries in the Western Regions.

When ordinary Xiongnu people walked out of their tribes, they had no relatives to turn to. They had to repeat a sentence three times before others could understand them. If they still didn't understand after three times, they would starve to death, because no one would have the time to listen to you say the same sentence for the fourth time.

The Xiongnu nobles lived in castles in winter and ate millet that was manually screened, each grain was plump, and they ate the wheat core that was screened by hand.

They cut a piece of meat with a jewel-encrusted knife, put it in their mouths, and thought: Why is it lamb again today? There are no fresher dishes?

The ordinary Huns were shivering in their huts, holding half a piece of cheese, not knowing whether the snow outside would stop before the fire went out, and whether they would have the chance to pick up some firewood to help them survive and get through another spring.

The Xiongnu nobles were like goldfish swimming in the southern ocean, and the ordinary Xiongnu people were like stray cats and dogs in the northern cities who could not find food or exposed heating pipes.

For the Xiongnu nobles, winter means it is a bit cold and inconvenient to do things.

For ordinary Huns, winter is like a countdown of life. If spring has not arrived when the countdown reaches zero, then there will be no next winter. If they are lucky and spring arrives, then the countdown of 365 will be reset.

Huo Hai looked at the girl. Other people might only be able to see that she was different, but they couldn't tell where she was different.

Huo Hai could tell at a glance that she was a noble, and a great noble.

Because smaller nobles, such as Zhao Xin, did not have the resources to support a literate Han Chinese when he was the king of the Xiongnu.

Even if you raise a child, you need to have a military advisor first, then a teacher for your son, and finally it will be the turn of your daughter.

Sitting on the kang, Huo Hai supported his knees with his hands and stared at the Xiongnu girl in front of him.

"Who are you, what's your name, and what's your purpose in coming to Shan'an Pass?"

The girl saw the candlestick, and she vaguely remembered that it seemed to have a thorn on it, and the candle was pierced on it.

Huo Hai also glanced at the candlestick: "Here, I have the final say in everything. Even if you want to die, it's impossible."

"I might accidentally break your left arm, leaving you with only one hand to live with for the rest of your life."

The girl bit her lower lip and lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

Huo Hai: "Speak."

The girl responded with silence.

Huo Hai: "Then I am just guessing."

"Your father is Chanyu Yizhixie?"

"Your father is Junchen Shanyu?"

"Your father is the Zuo Xian King?"

"Your father is the King of Zuoguli?"

At this point, the girl's expression changed slightly, and Huo Hai smiled.

The noble titles and official positions of the Xiongnu were very complicated, but they were generally unified after Maodun Chanyu.

Basically, the Chanyu sat in the center, the Right Wise King ruled the northwest, the Left Wise King ruled the northeast, the Right Guli King ruled the southwest, and the Left Guli King ruled the southeast. These were called the Four Corners of the Xiongnu.

Maodun's son Laoshang Chanyu strictly adhered to this.

The Zuoxian King at that time was his son Junchen, and the Zuoguli King was his son Yizhixie.

Because Laoshang Chanyu loved Yizhixie very much, he wanted Junchen to abdicate. Junchen certainly didn't want to do that, so he kept suppressing his brother.

Later, Junchen became the Chanyu.

Junchen was a very ambitious man. He tried to attack the Han Dynasty and caused trouble many times during the reigns of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing.

Emperor Jingdi had a falling out with his military officials at the beginning, and the two sides ended the long period of peace.

If Junchen had died earlier, his evaluation might not be inferior to that of his grandfather Maodun, but unfortunately he died too late.

In 127 BC, Wei Qing launched a surprise attack and entered Longcheng.

This was the first large-scale military defeat of the Xiongnu against the Han Dynasty.

Junchen Shanyu was angry and frightened, and he was already old, so he died the next year.

Logically, his son should have succeeded to the throne, but the political environment of the Xiongnu was worse than that of the early Han Dynasty. Yizhixie had wanted to become the Left Wise King from the beginning. If he was the Left Wise King, he would have been the Chanyu. Now that his brother was finally dead, how could he hold back?

So...the Xiongnu version of Zhu Di made his debut.

"There are bad guys around Shan Yu!"

"Follow Qilian's orders to quell the rebellion!"

Yi Zhi moves up.

In the same year, Junchen's son fled to the Han Dynasty, surrendered to Emperor Wu of Han, and was named Marquis of She'an.

But it is not known whether it was Yizhixie's men who committed the murder or whether She'an Hou himself was unable to adapt to the changes in environmental bacteria after coming to Chang'an, but he died a few months later.

But now, Shan Yu is Yizhixie, so according to the rules, the Left and Right Wise Kings and the Left and Right Guli King should all be his sons.

However, now people only know the Left and Right Wise Kings, who knows King Guli?
The reason is simple: be wary of past events.

Yizhixie was the King of Zuoguli who came to the throne. Can the current King Zuoxian tolerate having a younger brother who is about to replace him?
In fact, the four kings on the left and right of Yizhixiajia would not become the Chanyu in the future. The whereabouts of Zuoguli King and Youxian King were unknown. Zuoxian King was arrested by Huo Qubing. Youguli King thought his father was dead in the Battle of Fenglangjuxu, so he succeeded to the throne. However, he found out it was a mistake a month later and was retired.

However, Yizhixie's three unpopular sons, the fifth, sixth and seventh brothers, all ascended the throne. No, to be precise, Yizhixie's sons except the four princes, along with his wife and mother, were arrested by Huo Qubing and taken back to Chang'an two years ago. In other words, except for the princes living in Chang'an, the fifth, sixth and seventh brothers all ascended the throne.

Therefore, at present, there are five dragons ruling under the same rule within the Xiongnu, although one of them is a mistake.

However, Huo Hai did not know who became the Chanyu, but Huo Hai had detailed intelligence about the Huns and knew more than people in later generations.

Although these events were not recorded in detail in the Records of the Grand Historian, Huo Hai inquired about them while preparing for war.

At that time, Yizhixie felt that he could no longer stay in the south of the desert and wanted to head north.

So they made a decision that went against their ancestors and abandoned Daqing Mountain, the ancestral vein of the Yin Mountains, and moved everything to Longcheng.

The Left and Right Wise Kings and the Left and Right Guli Kings were there to guard the four corners. Now that the Chanyu Court has moved thousands of kilometers north, what should the other four do?
Although Longcheng has always been Longcheng, the question is, what to do with so many tribal populations in Shanyu Court?
Fortunately, the areas south and north of the desert occupied by the Chanyu Court were the core high-quality grasslands of the entire Xiongnu, which could feed so many people.

But...what about the left and right parts?
The King of Zuoguli of the left wing had to go north to the former territory of the King of Zuoxian in order to play the role of defending the southeast.

Zuo Xian Wang: Then I leave?
dream!

King Zuo Xian only had the advantage in words, and everyone knew that the feng shui of the south of the desert was better than that of the north of the desert.

The southern part of the desert could support tens of millions of people in later generations, and the northern part of the desert could support millions of people in later generations. At this time, they could only support a million people together.

Zuo Xian Wang suffered a great loss as he took the position of heir but got a barren piece of land.

Now we have to give up this land to King Zuoguli?

Where would I go? To the Siberian permafrost forests to learn spearfishing and seal catching from the Inuit?
The same applies to the right side.

At that time, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing drove the Huns northward.

It's not just as simple as them running away.

The shrinking living space means that some people are redundant.

So, bloodbath broke out on the grassland.

Yizhixie had no choice.

This is the grassland, and this is the limitation of grassland politics.

If the soldiers on the grassland could only go south to fight the Han people, the Han people might not be able to defeat them. But the problem is that the reason why the grassland soldiers have such fierce hunting instincts is because the environment of the grassland is cruel. Because the environment of the grassland is cruel, they can only fight for their own life and death.

The final result was that the coup d'état caused the Zuo Guli King and You Xian King to disappear. It was a good outcome that there was no direct war.

Therefore, the girl in front of us is the daughter of this generation's King Zuoguli and the granddaughter of Chanyu Yizhixie.

That's it!

Huo Hai saw through her identity and was laughing when he was suddenly stunned.

Huo Hai suddenly remembered something.

There is a plot in "Emperor Wu of Han".

Aimei, the younger sister of Yizhixie Chanyu and the posthumous daughter of Laoshang Chanyu, began dating Ahur at a very young age.

When it came to the final battle, Yizhixie was no match for Huo Qubing.

However, Yizhixie designed a plan to have Ayimei persuade Ahur, who had already surrendered to the Han Dynasty, to rebel against the Han Dynasty again.

These were all things that Huo Hai watched on TV when he was a child and he had long forgotten about them. If he hadn't met a Hun princess, Huo Hai would never have thought of this.

This Ahuer must be Zhao Xin!
Now Zhao Xin is not leading the army under his elder brother, but is with himself.

Huo Hai said that he had no idea how Zhao Xin rebelled.

How could a person surrender to the Nationalist Army in 49? He must be mentally ill.

Now it seems that this guy is a love-brained person!
When Huo Hai was stunned, the girl was also confused.

After Huo Hai asked, "Are you the daughter of King Zuoguli?", he said nothing more. Could it be that he had thought of it?

The girl raised her head and looked at Huo Hai. When she saw Huo Hai's expression, she knew that Huo Hai saw through her.

But then, she saw Huo Hai's face change suddenly, which was very interesting.

Finally, Huo Hai shook his head and said softly, "It's made up."

Huo Hai thought about it for a long time and still felt that the plot was too outrageous and should have been made up by "The Emperor of Han Wu" itself. After all, many things in the TV series were made up, the various timelines were incorrect, many things were hidden, and many things were fabricated out of thin air, which was completely different from real history.

What a pity, I finally remembered the plot, but it’s still fake.

Damn it, why didn’t I remember the important characters at that time, and only remembered this bloody love plot.

The girl felt completely heartbroken and complained quietly, "They haven't admitted it yet, and you're saying they made it up. I can't admit it, and I can't deny it either."

"If you admit that I am the princess, it means that I made it up and have other purposes. If you don't admit that I am the princess, it means that I concealed my identity and had other purposes..."

Huo Hai tilted his head: "I didn't say you."

"what's your name?"

The girl finally spoke: "My name is Zhao Xi."

Huo Hai: Okay, okay, you people on the northern grasslands all take Chinese names like Zhao, and when the dynasty comes to an end, you all take the surname Wang, right?

No wonder Jin Yong’s character is called Zhao Min.

"A Hun name?"

Girl: "My Xiongnu name is Sunset."

Huo Hai nodded: "Is your father the son of Yizhixie?"

The girl nodded.

Anyway, I have been recognized and there is no way to hide it.

The girl had concealed the truth for long enough. She should have been caught when her father died. However, since the entire Xiongnu tribe had to move north, she fled south and escaped.

You have to know that it was not just her who escaped at that time, but tens of thousands of people.

Originally, when King Hunxie arrived at the five counties of Yunzhong, all the Huns would surrender to him, and from then on no one would know the whereabouts of Zhao Xi.

Now, it has been known again.

In fact, Zhao Xi is not afraid of being occupied by others, nor is she afraid of death.

What Zhao Xi fears is that he will become a tool and be manipulated as a political bargaining chip for the rest of his life.

But right now, it seems there is no escape.

Not being afraid of death does not mean seeking death, so she chose to answer the questions honestly.

Huo Hai: "Let me ask you, are there any of your father's men left in Zuo Xian Wang's army?"

Zhao Xi shook his head.

Huo Hai understood. No wonder this Zuo Xian Wang was so arrogant and dared to confront Huo Qubing.

It turns out this guy has lost his mind.

He definitely had never fought with anyone else before, only with King Zuoguli.

"King Guli is such a weakling, isn't it normal for him to be chased away? Look, I'm here to show my skills and take down Huo Qubing. You old man, just abdicate. The position of Chanyu will be passed in turns. Where in history has there ever been a crown prince who served for six years?!"

The result was that it was blown up?
Huo Hai felt that this was possible.

Huo Hai continued to ask: "Do you know the distribution of winter pastures from here to the north?"

Others may not know, but she may know.

Because the Huns would return to their tribes to live their own lives in the winter, strong warriors had to help their tribes survive the end of the cold winter.

When spring comes, there may be a war, so the upper level will recruit the lower level to join the army quickly.

Notification is needed, and notification requires a map.

Others may only know one or two winter pastures, but King Zuo Guli definitely knows them all.

However, it is hard to say how much Zhao Xi knows.

Zhao Xi didn't say anything. Huo Hai said, "It doesn't matter whether you know or not. Anyway, I'll cut off the whole thing when spring comes."

"After the spring, even if they escape, they will still gather together. It will be the same if we catch them all at once."

Zhao Xi raised his head and was a little hesitant.

Huo Hai: "In theory, if they don't gather together and I defeat them one by one, they won't fight back desperately, and I don't need to kill them all. I need to pull them out to do the work."

While Huo Hai was speaking, he was constantly judging Zhao Xi's expression and whether she was a kind person.

Huo Hai didn't know how to judge people before, but after being in a high position for a long time, he understood it. It's like a student who thinks he is playing tricks in class and hiding it very well, but in fact, he can be seen through at a glance when he stands on the podium.

Huo Hai looked at Zhao Xi. She seemed to be completely different from the kind-hearted Princess Wei Chang.

She is kind-hearted, but there is no sense of worry between her brows that shows that she takes the people's affairs as her own responsibility.

It's a feeling... that of a coward who doesn't want to see others die in front of him.

Huo Hai shook his head. These were all limitations.

Her status as a Xiongnu noble meant that this was her limit.

To people of her class, ordinary Huns were just like dogs and were not of the same race as them at all.

Every spring, when some tribes were not yet settled and the warriors were unwilling to come out so early to serve the king, some tribes would be killed as examples.

Of course, it is hard to say whether the reason is that someone disobeyed the king's order or some generals' wealth shrank after the winter and they set their eyes on their property.

In such an environment, this is Zhao Xi's limit.

Huo Hai didn't completely believe her, but he could verify it.

Even if she was lying, Huo Hai would not take the risk directly. Huo Hai could ask the sentinels to carry telescopes to investigate.

Huo Hai continued: "Tell me their purpose, and I promise you that I will not kill them indiscriminately."

Zhao Xi: "Do you keep your word?"

Huo Hai glanced at her and said, "You don't care whether what I say counts or not. You can only choose to bet that I keep my word. You should be different from Zuo Xian Wang's people. You should know very well that Xiongnu Chanyu Ting cannot beat us Han people."

Zhao Xi gritted her teeth, not knowing what decision to make.

Huo Hai twitched his nose; "It stinks, go take a shower first."

Huo Hai didn't say much.

This kind of information is better to have than not to have.

It only saves a month or two.

Instead, it increases your workload.

The cook boiled a large pot of water, and Huangfu Hua prepared a room for Zhao Xi. Zhao Xi went to stay in the room with a kang.

A masked soldier walked into Huo Hai's room.

Princess Wei Chang really didn't look like a man no matter how she dressed, so she just wore a mask. Fortunately, with her height and the long cotton robe, it was hard for anyone to imagine that she was a woman.

The reason why Princess Wei Chang had to act was to let Lei Guangtou pass on the message so that people outside could be sure that Princess Wei Chang was no longer in Shan'an Pass, and only then would Princess Wei Chang be safe.

Princess Wei Chang closed the door and took off her mask: "Although the girl was dirty, she looked delicate and tender, unlike ordinary Xiongnu women."

Huo Hai nodded: "It's the standard Chang'an accent, the accent that only the top Xiongnu nobles would have."

For other Xiongnu nobles, it was already good enough to find a Han Chinese who fled from famine in Shanxi and was half-educated to serve as their military advisor. How could they want a Chang'an accent?

Princess Wei Chang: "What should we do now?"

Huo Hai: "You came secretly this time and have disrupted my marching formation."

"Logically, I should throw out a bait to attract the Xiongnu who have passed through the pass to gather together, and then let Gongsun Ao send a large army to wipe them out. At the same time, cross the mountain pass and go to the winter pasture to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"But there's a big hole in this plan right now."

"If I attack both sides at the same time, the Xiongnu who have passed through the pass will have nowhere to go and will definitely choose to turn back and attack Shan'an Pass. And you are at Shan'an Pass, and I dare not send a small number of Yulin Guards to lead the prisoners to guard the pass here."

Now a situation has emerged where one is afraid to use force to harm the innocent.

Princess Wei Chang sighed: "How would I know..."

Not to mention Princess Wei Chang, Huo Hai didn't expect that there were spies in Shan'an Pass at first, nor did he expect that there was a gap in the Great Wall nearby that he could climb over.

At first, Huo Hai wanted to let the princess stay here for a few days and then go to Hohhot.

The most crucial thing now is that before entering the Pass, there was no order for all the Yulin Guards to keep silent about this matter, so it is not clear whether anyone has leaked Princess Wei Chang's whereabouts.

That's why Huo Hai simply asked Luo Lie to go to Hohhot to deliberately expose Princess Wei Chang's whereabouts.

If the other party's spy is powerful, he should be able to get false information.

Now I don’t know what to do.

Princess Wei Chang: "Send another small-scale convoy to Hohhot, and I will hide inside it."

Huo Hai: “No.”

Indeed, if we send a small convoy to Hohhot, as long as the secret is kept secret and no one knows that Princess Wei Chang is in the car, then a sneak attack will naturally be unlikely.

But the problem is, it's better to be safe than sorry.

What if.

What if the Huns who managed to get through were no longer under the control of their superiors, and they felt that they might not be able to defeat the enemy, so they prepared to fight and then flee separately? What if they just happened to encounter this small caravan of Princess Wei Chang?

It's not impossible.

So this method doesn’t work.

At the moment, Huo Hai’s unreasonable military mobilization will definitely attract the attention of the other side, so there is actually only one way to send Princess Wei Chang away.

On that day, all the Yulin guards watched Huo Hai take off his armor and enter the Xiongnu girl's room.

Then inhuman screams were heard from the room.

The entire Shan'an Pass is very small, and all the houses are very densely packed together, so screams of this magnitude cannot be hidden.

Soon many people changed their expressions.

Because the leader of this army, that young man, doesn't seem to be really gentle and refined, but a pervert?
Since he can torture others, why can't he torture me?

Therefore, the atmosphere in the entire Shan'an Pass became depressing.

Then, the two relatives of the Xiongnu girl were captured and taken into the yard. Someone who came to deliver firewood saw with his own eyes that the two people were stripped naked, doused with cold water, and tortured in the yard.

This is strange.

"If the general did it just for pleasure, he would have done it. If the girl refused, she would have had no strength to resist after being beaten. Why did he arrest her two family members and torture them?"

"That girl won't give General Huo's roots to...so General Huo wants to vent his anger, right?"

"This...keep a low profile these days. If you offend the general, you might get stabbed to death without even knowing why."

For a while, the people of Shan'an Pass were in panic.

But soon, they discovered that many Yulin Guards were celebrating.

Some people were drinking, some were eating meat, and the food was much better than usual, even canned food was opened.

The Yulin Guards on guard still maintained strict military discipline.

At night, the prisoners reorganized the gate arrangements. When the imperial guards were supervising, one of the prisoners who ate more and quickly established a good relationship with the imperial guards asked, "What are you celebrating today?"

A Yulin Guard smiled slightly: "Of course it's a good thing."

One of them: "Shut up, is that something you can ask?"

Another imperial guard raised his hand to stop him: "There is no need to conceal this news. The Xiongnu princess will be sent to Hohhot tomorrow morning anyway."

The group of prisoners were confused.

Hun princess?

Yulin Guard: "Lord Huo noticed that a Xiongnu girl did not look like an ordinary Xiongnu, so he tortured her and found that this Xiongnu girl could speak Chang'an dialect, knew Han Li, and had read books. She was obviously a noble."

"After a round of torture, we finally found out that she was the daughter of the old Zuo Guli King."

"What a pity. We didn't get any information about the enemy through torture. King Guli has been destroyed for more than half a year. I guess there is no important news."

"But capturing a Xiongnu princess alive is still a great military achievement, even if you can't be awarded a title of nobility."

Another Imperial Guard said, "Can't you make him a marquis? Don't forget that Commander Huo is the younger brother of the General of the Cavalry and a favorite of His Majesty. His Majesty has long wanted to make him a marquis. He just needs a reason. Just wait and see. The commander will be made a marquis soon."

"Well, that's not the case. At least we have to make some military achievements. But we are about to cross the mountain pass. The Huns in the winter pasture can't escape before the snow melts. It's easy to make achievements."

"With a thousand of us, it would be enough if we kill a hundred or eighty people and capture the princess alive."

Early in the morning, Zhao Xi was dragged out wearing a cotton coat.

Bloodstains could be seen from under the ill-fitting cotton coat.

The carriage came out of the yard and stopped at the door.

Zhao Xi was dragged to the front of the car.

Huo Hai walked by and Zhao Xi spat at him.

Huo Hai slapped Zhao Xi in the face, knocking him to the ground. Huo Hai grabbed Zhao Xi and said, "If it weren't for your military merit, you would have been dead just now."

"Huangfu Hua! Take good care of her and hand her over to Gongsun Ao personally!"

Huangfu Hua stepped forward: “Yes!”

After saying this, Huangfu Hua said, "Princess Zhao Xi, please get in the car."

Zhao Xi got on the bus with difficulty. He seemed to have no strength left and could only crawl into the car.

After the car door was closed, a large number of Yulin Guards began to get ready to set off.

A guard of three hundred men set out to escort the carriage.

……

Qingshan Grassland is located in the northwest of Hohhot, northwest of the Shan'an Pass, beside the Heishui River, in a valley surrounded by mountains on both sides.

It’s not quite correct to call this place a col. It’s more precise to say that it’s a small basin.

In later generations, this place became a tourist attraction and Huo Hai had been here before.

However, in the Han Dynasty, the temperature here was much higher than in later generations, and it was a particularly large winter pasture.

There are many types of winter pastures, but there are three general types.

The first type is near the snow line. Because there are a wide variety of cold-resistant plants there, cattle and sheep will not starve to death in the winter, so it can become a winter pasture.

One is the leeward foothills, where it does not snow in winter and has abundant water and grass.

Another type is the super-large grassland near the Yinshan Mountains in the south, which is more like a four-season grassland than a winter grassland.

And this is the case behind Qingshan.

At this time, the King of Han was here.

The King of Han is the king of the State of Korea during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In the early Han Dynasty, Han Wangxin (not Han Xin, the king of Han was named Xin) surrendered to the Huns and was later killed by the Han army.

And his descendants lived in the Xiongnu.

From then on, the King of Han became the king appointed by the Xiongnu.

During the reign of Emperor Wen, Han Ying and his men returned south, but the bloodline of the Crown Prince of Han still remained in the Xiongnu.

One of them is the current King of Han.

If the war had broken out last year, the King of Han, who led a half-Han group, should have been the one to hold off Huo Qubing in Youbeiping.

But there was no war last year, and there was not enough winter pasture on the grassland, so the King of Han also came to Qingshanbei.

This place is where the Prime Minister Zuo Xian Wang is stationed.

However, this Xiangguo is not as simple as a chancellor or something like that. The Huns like to confer official titles randomly, so in fact, this is a large tribe belonging to Zuo Xian Wang.

With the addition of King Han, the tribe became very large.

The current population is over 10,000!

You have to know that the entire Xiongnu population was only one million.

After the King of Han received the information from the spy, he looked at the Prime Minister Zuo and said, "This information should be true, right? What is the name of the King of Zuo Guli's daughter?"

The Prime Minister Zuo could only nod his head and said, "It is true that when Zhao Xi reorganized the army last year, five of the brothers and sisters escaped early, and two of them have not been caught yet."

"Then it is confirmed, this is true news." King Han laughed: "Does the Han court really think that a random young general is Huo Qubing? Even if it was Huo Qubing, the king didn't take him seriously, let alone this Huo Hai."

"He only has a few thousand men, and he hasn't sent any scouts to investigate. How dare he lead his entire army across the mountain? He's a fool."

Has there ever been a war fought like this since ancient times?
You still want to win with this style of play?

King Han was not very concerned about Zhao Xi being captured, but instead noticed the intelligence that Huo Hai was about to lead his troops north.

A thousand people dare to pass?

Zuo Xiangguo was suspicious: "What on earth are they doing? Are they planning to use expensive supplies and huge manpower to deliver supplies to the front line in the ice and snow, and then attack us when we are unprepared in the snow?"

King Han: "It is possible. Isn't Huo Qubing good at running thousands of miles? Maybe his brother has learned some kung fu and is ready to learn from him."

"He probably thought that if he took down our winter pasture, he could use it as a rest area before attacking the next one and gain more credit before the snow melted."

The left prime minister suddenly realized: "He has learned from his mistakes and found that the Han general Li Guang always gets lost in the desert, so he wants to make merit in winter when we can't run? This kid wants to be made a marquis!"

King Han laughed loudly: "This is simply treating war as a joke. If we don't accept this credit, haha."

The Left Prime Minister agreed: "Although Prince Zuo Guli is not very capable and was scared off by Huo Qubing, Huo Qubing must still have some ability. General Zuo and Prince Tuntou may not be able to enjoy a good life with Huo Qubing. We have captured Huo Qubing's brother, and he is a Yulin Guard, the emperor's personal soldier. This is definitely a great achievement!"

King Han shook his head and said, "What a pity that Princess Wei Chang escaped at the beginning. This Huo Haigou was really lucky to have captured Zhao Xi. If I had also captured Princess Wei Chang, that would have been a great achievement! Hahahaha!"

Zuo Xiangguo: "Since they want to pass through, we can't let them escape."

"Look here, brother. There is a long and narrow mountain pass. If they pass this place and reach the winter pasture, it will take a long time for them to retreat. And next to it is the Blackwater River, which is freezing cold and they can't escape to the west. We will block them here and kill them when the time comes."

King Han frowned: "The location beside the mouth of the Black Water River is high above us. If they burn their boats and attack directly with their cavalry..."

The Left Prime Minister said: "You are confused. How can such a loser learn the unique cavalry of Huo Qubing? Even if he can, he is just a show-off. Our soldiers are stronger than ordinary Xiongnu soldiers. Why are you afraid of them?"

It is indeed powerful. The King of Han is half Han, and he learned the military formations left by his ancestors. With the military formations, his combat strength is stronger than that of ordinary Huns.

This has been confirmed when we dealt with King Zuoguli.

Having lived in Mobei for many years, they were not very clear about the strength of the Han army and thought that the Han army was only slightly stronger than King Zuoguli.

Two years ago, in the early summer, Huo Qubing and Gongsun Ao attacked the Xiongnu. The original plan was for Gongsun Ao to hold back the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, while Huo Qubing attacked from both sides. But Gongsun Ao got lost, so Huo Qubing bypassed Zuoxian King and attacked the Xiongnu hinterland for thousands of miles, destroying the newly settled Chanyu.

Zuo Xian Wang always thought that Huo Qubing was afraid of him and avoided him, so he attacked him secretly and got scolded, so he was not convinced and scolded Huo Qubing every day.

The King of Han and the Left Prime Minister often listened to people "analyzing" Huo Qubing's fighting ability.

Now we have the advantage in numbers and terrain at the mountain pass, and the enemy cannot escape.

The slope is not long, and the enemy has no way to break through. Once I climb up, they will be surrounded and killed.

Even if the enemy is really good, how many of us can they kill in this small slope? One hundred? Two hundred?

This is against the will of heaven. So what if he is terribly strong? Can he kill five hundred people?

The King of Han was very confident because he had a tribe of 10,000 people and more than 4,000 warriors.

I will definitely take the credit for this. Even Lord Qilian can't stop me. This is what I, the King of Han, said!

(End of this chapter)