Leaving the Wuzhou Fortress and heading north, you will find vast grasslands with wind-blown grass and beautiful scenery.
More than three hundred miles north of Wuzhou, there is a large natural lake.
The lake has rippling blue waves, abundant water and grass, and herds of cattle and sheep.
This is the political center of the Xiongnu in the Munan region - the residence of King Youxian and the residence of Shan Yuting in the central part.
Every spring, the Xiongnu Chan Yuting would stop here briefly, and then go to Dragon City.
At other times, the tribe of King Youxian of the Xiongnu would be stationed here.
There is no other reason.
Just because this place is very close to the Great Wall of Han Dynasty.
With a journey of more than three hundred miles, the cavalry could reach the Han border fortress in two days.
In addition, this large natural lake here is nearly a hundred miles wide from east to west and twenty to thirty miles long from north to south.
It is one of the most suitable and fertile pastures for grazing in the entire Munan region.
Of course you should keep good things to yourself.
At this time, in the pasture of King Youxian of the Xiongnu, a feast was taking place.
Aries Wang Gushe looked at the right virtuous king Yin Zhixie in front of him with a serious face.
"King Youxian, why are your ten thousand cavalry still here in Nanchi? Didn't Great Chanyu order King Youxian to immediately sneak his ten thousand cavalry to the Han Fortress to block news from the Han people?" As a die-hard fan of Shan Yuting,
The Aries tribe never cares about the Shanyu family's housework.
Whoever wins is the Chanyu, and the Aries tribe will obey his orders.
However, Gu She is very unhappy with Yin Zhixie now, very unhappy!
As for other Xiongnu tribes, including Aries, the Luotang clan can fight against each other.
As long as it doesn't hinder them from robbing money, people, and things, that's fine.
And now Yin Zhixie is preventing them from making a fortune.
Therefore, Gu She has an angry face now.
The Huns were just a tribal alliance.
Each tribe has a great deal of autonomy, and even the Chanyu dares to stand up if they are unhappy.
"King Aries, don't be angry..." Yin Zhixie had a smile on his face, and said calmly: "Come and eat the grilled fish in Nanchi!"
"The Aries King comes at a good time. Every autumn, the fish in Nanchi are the most plump and delicious. Back then, when my father Tu She was here, he loved the Nanchi grilled fish the most!"
Tushe is the honorific title given by the Huns to the virtuous kings of the left and right, which means sage or wise person.
Hearing Yin Zhi mention his father obliquely, Aries Wang Gushe's face improved a little.
Back then, the Aries tribe often followed Yin Zhixie's father to grab things from the Han Dynasty.
Naturally, there are some feelings, but the feelings on the prairie are cheaper than the wind and sand.
Here, winning and losing is the eternal theme.
The naked law of the jungle is everywhere, the weak deserve to be enslaved, and the losers are destined to be cast aside!
Only the strong and victors will always be sought after.
However, Gushe looked at Yin Zhixie. Then he looked back at the silent King Zhelan and King Loufan. His tone became slightly softer: "Tu She has already made a plan?"
Gu She knew very well that he did not have the capital to fall out with Yin Zhixian.
The reason is simple.
Now, Chanyu only has one son, Yudan. What's more important is that Yudan is too young to even ride a sheep.
In other words, if something happens to the military minister one day, something unexpected happens.
The great Chanyu of the future will definitely be Yin Zhixie.
Even if nothing happens to the military officials, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen to Yu Shan.
Although the tribes on the grassland will always follow the victor, they will also follow those in power.
Yin Zhi smiled mysteriously and nodded.
He looked to the south and said: "The biggest difference between the people of the Han Dynasty and the Huns is that we, the Huns, have been united since ancient times, while the people of the Han Dynasty are cunning and have many ideas. There are countless people who are greedy for profit!"
"Since the Great Chanyu of Maodun, whenever we, the Xiongnu, use troops against the Han Dynasty, we must first win over those who are at odds with the Liu family!"
"King Xin of Han, King Lu Wan of Yan, Chen Xi, Zhao Li..." The names of the powerful local factions of the Han Dynasty who had voluntarily surrendered to the Xiongnu and led the way for the Xiongnu Chanyu came out of Yin Zhixie's mouth.
"Even three or four years ago, the kings of Wu and Zhao of the Han Dynasty sent people to the Huns to ask their troops to go south to help them..." When Yin Zhixie said this, he sighed with some regret: "Hateful
, Shan Yuting was indifferent at that time and missed the opportunity!"
These words made Aries Wang Gushe, Zhelan Wang and Loufan Wang all feel the same way.
In the Xiongnu country, I don’t know how many people regretted it.
During the civil strife in the Han Dynasty, if the Xiongnu army had joined forces with the rebels of the Han Dynasty and descended from the Great Wall, now they would have at least conquered Jinyang and occupied the rich northern Han Dynasty.
There is no need to be as secretive as now about pursuing Mayi.
Of course, everyone understands it.
At that time, the Xiongnu had just ended their internal strife, and the dead bodies in Shanyu's court had not been cleaned up!
Where did you get so much time to take care of the housework of the Han Dynasty?
Gushe glanced at Yin Zhixie meaningfully and remained silent.
"There are several Han Dynasty merchants in Mayi City who have always had dealings with me in the past!" Yin Zhixie said with a smile: "I have promised that if I get Mayi, I will give them all the gold in Mayi City.
, In addition, we also gave them three thousand cattle and horses as reward!"
"They agreed?" King Zhelan suddenly said.
"Yeah!" Yin Zhi nodded proudly.
Gushe, King Zhelan and King Loufan finally smiled.
If possible, no one would want to go to the fortified city of the Han Dynasty and play the game of ant possession with the Han Dynasty people.
For the Huns, what they feared the most was facing a city where the whole city was united and treated them sternly.
Even if a city like that is captured, one's own side will suffer heavy losses, and the gains may even outweigh the losses.
What they like to attack most are those cities that have their own spies or traitors in the city.
That would make the battle extremely easy.
"But..." Yin Zhixie suddenly said in a deep voice: "Even so, we can't be impatient!"
He stood up and looked south.
"The Juzhu Army of the Han Dynasty and the Feihu Army behind them are likely to rush to Mayi's aid after being alerted!" Yin Zhi said obliquely: "These two old friends, the three of them should be familiar with each other!"
The three people in Gushe nodded, their expressions solemn.
The difficulties between these two old friends will be familiar to everyone who has dealt with them.
Moreover, in recent years, the Han Dynasty's army has made rapid progress, which has made the Huns feel terrified.
On the border of the Great Wall, hundreds of frictions, large and small, have occurred in the past three years.
Among them, the Han Dynasty won more than 70% of the friction victories.
Three years ago, the advantage of friction was on the Xiongnu side. At that time, the Xiongnu could win more than 60% of the friction victory.
Although these frictions are not formal battles, they are just a few naughty kids and fools provoking and competing with each other.
But this still explains the problem.
At least it shows that the riding skills and cavalry quality of the Han Dynasty people have improved rapidly!
Aces and old friends like the Feihu Army and the Juzhu Army may be progressing at a speed beyond the Xiongnu's imagination.
However, once he and others captured Mayi, it was almost foreseeable that these two old friends would join the battlefield.
"I want to keep these two old friends under the city of Mayi forever!" Yin Zhi said in an astonishing way, and said to the three kings Aiyang, Loufan and Zhelan: "The people of the Han Dynasty have made progress too fast.
If the Xiongnu wants to maintain their hegemony, they can only interrupt the backbone of the Han Dynasty and temporarily stop their progress!" (To be continued.)
