Emperor Phoenix Policy: Feng Qingtian

Chapter 156
When Qi Che, who was following behind, heard this, his face suddenly changed. After 11 years, the Hun army made a comeback again?
Zhong Mo received the military newspaper, and asked in a deep voice while reading the military newspaper, "Are you sure it's the Huns' army?"

Mr. Tang shook his head, "I'm not sure, but the scouts we sent into the territory of the Xiongnu reported that they saw an army coming from the depths of the grassland towards the northern border."

Zhong Mo was silent, but it was Zhong Shuo who spoke, "It's almost spring, why are they here at this time? According to the experience of the past few years, the Huns have a vast land and few people, and they are nomads. In winter, the grasslands dry up, and if there is continuous heavy snowfall, the cattle and sheep will freeze to death, and the Xiongnu will have no food, and they will come to Dazhou to loot and rob food."

Zhong Mo was silent for a moment, then asked again, "Are you sure it's the Huns' army?"

"This is strange. In the territory of the Xiongnu, if it is not the army of the Huns, whose army can it be?"

Zhong Shuo said disapprovingly, and winked at Qi Che, "Do you think so, Qi Che?"

Qi Che remained silent.

Zhong Mo took a deep look at Qi Che, and after carefully reading the military newspaper, he handed the military newspaper to Mr. Tang, "Let the scouts investigate again, and send another order, and the three armies are on alert! Also, let someone hurry up by [-] li immediately." Send a message to General Shenwei and General Mighty."

The defense line in the entire northern border was thousands of miles long, and the three Zhong Mo brothers each guarded a section.

Zhong Mo was in the most central and most important position, and the two younger brothers guarded the two sides respectively.

Qi Che originally thought that the general would let him and Zhong Shuo leave after he had handled the matter well, but the strange thing was that Vice General Li and Mr. Tang both stepped down, and the general didn't let them both back down.

Zhong Mo stood in front of the huge map in the handsome tent, silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

"father--"

"In the barracks, you should call me the general!"

Zhong Shuo looked a little uncomfortable. He didn't dare to offend Zhong Mo, so he immediately changed his address, "Does the general have something to tell us?"

Zhong Mo's eyes moved from the map to Zhong Shuo, and then from Zhong Shuo to Qi Che, "What do you know about the Xiongnu?"

"The Xiongnu iron cavalry are fierce and brave, capable of conquering and fighting well. The army that once defeated the Great Zhou was retreating steadily."

"anything else?"

"Also, the Xiongnu are nomadic people. They are good at horseback riding and archery. The folk customs are tough. No matter men, women, old or young, everyone can go to the battlefield. All the people are soldiers. Correspondingly speaking, the people of Dazhou are too kind and weak."

"anything else?"

"And...and..."

Zhong Shuo hesitated for a long time, but couldn't explain why, so he cast his eyes on Qi Che for help.

Qi Che was still silent, Zhong Mo glanced at him, "Qi Che, tell me!"

After receiving Zhong Mo's order, Qi Che raised his head and took up the topic, "The Huns have always been divided into the Eastern Huns and the Western Huns, and there have always been two Khans, the Eastern Khan and the Western Khan. Neither side obeyed the other. 11 years ago For some unknown reason, Eastern Khan and Western Khan joined hands to attack Da Zhou."

"After that battle, Dazhou suffered heavy losses, and the Huns were not much better. The two parted ways again, and the Huns returned to their original state. So far, the Huns still have two khans. In addition, the Huns have twelve khans. There are six tribes on both sides. In recent years, the momentum of the Eastern Huns has overwhelmed the Western Huns. One of the six tribes of the Western Huns has surrendered to the embrace of the Eastern Huns. It is rumored that the Eastern Khan wants to unify the Huns in one fell swoop. , Xi Khan has been barely supporting it."

Zhong Shuo looked at Qi Che in surprise, "How do you know so much?"

"It's written in the book."

Qi Che said calmly, a gleam flashed in Zhong Mo's eyes, and he asked calmly, "In your opinion, can Dong Khan unify the Xiongnu?"

"I do not know."

"Let's hear it, I'm wrong, and I don't blame you, General."

Only then did Qi Che eloquently say, "Dong Khan is 47 years old this year. He is in his prime and full of energy. He was born in the Ava tribe, the largest tribe in the Huns. He has one concubine and five side concubines. The second largest tribe of the Xiongnu, the Aha tribe, these two tribes accounted for more than half of the power of the Eastern Huns. His Eastern Khan position was as stable as Mount Tai. The remaining five side concubines came from five other tribes that supported him, including The Amien tribe who just fell into the arms of the Eastern Huns."

"The concubine gave birth to three sons for Dong Khan, all of whom were brave and good at fighting. The five concubines also gave birth to two sons and three daughters for Dong Khan. The son was brave and good at fighting, and the daughter was beautiful and charming. She was a flower of the grassland. The wives married by these sons and the husbands married by daughters have closely connected the seven tribes, making the Eastern Khan's power more stable, while the Western Khan is much inferior."

Zhong Shuo's mouth opened little by little, this kid Qi Che is hiding everything!
"Xi Khan is more than 50 years old and is entering his twilight years. He has a concubine and three side concubines, but only one son and one daughter. Moreover, they are all born to the former concubine. The current concubine is the former concubine. After the concubine died of illness, she married the former concubine's younger sister. The former concubine died of illness shortly after giving birth to her daughter. It was 20 years ago. According to the customs of the Huns, Xi Khan wanted to register as a concubine immediately , I don’t know why, but it took more than a year to register the younger sister of the former concubine as the new concubine.”

"According to the customs of the Huns, the Western Khan is getting old, his children are thin, and the number of tribes in his hands has decreased. Therefore, it is very possible for the Eastern Khan to unify the Huns."

When Qi Che came to a conclusion, Zhong Shuo's mouth was so wide that he couldn't close it, "Qi Che, how do you know so much?"

"Someone told me."

"Who?"

Qi Che didn't answer, he didn't want to answer.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, on the way to the barracks of the Zhong family army, the queen told him a lot about the Huns. At that time, he thought it was because the journey was boring and the queen had nothing to say. Only now did he know that the queen had wanted him to come to Beijing for a long time. Xinjiang, telling him those things is to let him have a deeper understanding of the Huns, knowing himself and the enemy will never end in a hundred battles.

Zhong Mo took a deep look at him and stopped Zhong Shuo who wanted to break the casserole and ask the end.

"You are quite right. In your opinion, it is better for the Xiongnu to be unified or not."

Qi Che felt that Zhong Mo was teaching Zhong Shuo while questioning him.

"Naturally they are not unified. The more fierce their internal struggle, the more stable the northern border will be. Although I don't know what happened 11 years ago, the Eastern Khan and the Western Khan joined forces, but the Xiongnu have been divided for so many years, and they only joined forces once. , it can be seen that if you want to join forces, you need the right time, place and people, which is very difficult!"

Zhong Mo asked again, "If the Eastern Khan unified the Xiongnu, how should we deal with it?"

Qi Che couldn't answer.

Zhong Mo looked at Zhong Shuo with deep eyes, and Zhong Shuo shrank his neck, indicating that he didn't know either.

"father--"

Sensing Zhong Mo's displeased look, Zhong Shuo quickly changed his words, "General, if their reunification is not good for Da Zhou, why not let them reunify?"

Zhong Mo snorted heavily, "It's up to you to say, do you think the court doesn't know? What do you think this general and Prime Minister Pei have been doing all these years? Just stand here like a flagpole, and don't do anything else ?"

Although Pei Xiang has controlled the Queen these past few years, he doesn't have a tiger talisman in his hand, so he can't give orders to Zhong's army, and Zhong Mo is of the same rank as him, so he doesn't need to listen to his orders. , the two sides reached a consensus, it is a matter of the Huns.

What happened 11 years ago must never happen again.

As far as he knows, Pei Xiang has invested a lot of manpower and financial resources in the past few years to the Huns, trying his best to balance the power of the Eastern Huns and the Western Huns. Weakness, the only blame is that there are too few sons of Xi Khan, and the Huns are horsemen. It is too common for men to die in battle. Maybe one day, the only son of Xi Khan, the only son of Xi Khan, will die, causing the six tribes of the West Huns to fight against each other. Xi Khan didn't have much confidence, so someone couldn't wait to throw himself into Dong Khan's arms.

Zhong Shuo was speechless by Zhong Mo's words, Qi Che thought about it carefully, and asked, "Did the general ask twice just now to confirm that it is the army of the Huns? Why did the general ask like this? Is there something wrong? "

Zhong Mo took a deep look at Qi Che, wondering if it was because Qi Che was the grandson of old fox Qi, who inherited Qi old fox's cautious and meticulous character, compared to Zhong Shuo's character, which seemed careless.

"In recent years, there has been an invisible force inside and outside northern Xinjiang that has been stirring up the situation in northern Xinjiang."

"Can't see?"

Qi Che frowned, "Can the general make it clearer?"

"The general made it very clear, it means invisible!"

Zhong Shuo rolled his eyes, "Since he is a human being, he can see it. Father, you are talking about ghosts, right?"

(End of this chapter)