"General Zhang, if they forcefully break through the border, we may not have enough manpower."
His deputy, Han Xiu, said worriedly.
Their troops are not strong enough to block hundreds of thousands with tens of thousands.
Moreover, the defense of Yanmen Pass is aimed at the north, and it is easy to break through the pass from the south. ??
A general said: "General Zhang, why don't we let them pass? We will chase after King Wu when he arrives."
"It's winter now, the wind and snow are raging, and they can't run far back."
Zhang Man immediately said: "No, we must not let them go back. We must block them. After these people go back, they may become ghosts. Think about the consequences."
The generals were silent, and they could not think of a good idea.
"Go and arrange defense and tell the brothers that the barbarians are about to break through and you must defend them to the death!"
Zhang Man finally decided to defend Yanmen Pass and never let them out.
The generals withdrew and immediately prepared to defend and fight.
Zhang Man sat down and thought to himself: It is difficult to block them, and it will be even more troublesome if they run around after blocking them.
The Great Zhou Dynasty closed Yanmen Pass, and the barbarians could not rush out. They might turn around and invade south, and then the surrounding counties would suffer.
Rubbing his eyebrows, Zhang Man sighed helplessly: "I can't control that much, let's stop it first."
Outside the door, a female soldier rushed in excitedly and said happily: "General, King Wu is here!"
Zhang Man was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly, and asked: "Who?"
The female soldier turned around happily, and Long Chen walked in from the door, followed by two veterans.
"Thank you for your hard work, General Zhang."
Long Chen walked in with a smile, Zhang Manxi fell from the sky, stood up and bowed: "I will see King Wu at the end of the day."
Long Chen patted Zhang Man and said, "Sit down and talk."
Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai looked at the room and slowly sat down.
"I see it's noisy outside, what's going on?"
Long Chen had just entered the pass and saw that the soldiers were in a hurry, as if they were preparing for war.
Zhang Man immediately reported the matter and said: "These barbarians are ignorant. King Wu kindly asked them to retreat to the south of Yanmen Pass, but they took the opportunity to cause trouble."
Long Chenyou He felt a little strange and asked: "Isn't the relationship between the barbarians and the Central Plains very good? I went to the grassland last time and felt that the attitude of the herdsmen was not bad."
The last time I entered the grassland and raided the White Bone Mountain, I came into contact with the barbarian herdsmen, and I felt that their attitudes were pretty good.
Zhang Man said: "The attitudes of various barbarian tribes are different. Maybe the ones you meet have good attitudes."
"There are two factions within them, one is close to the Great Zhou and is headed by Tuzhi; the other is against the Great Zhou and is headed by Wugu."
"It is Ugu and his supporters who are causing trouble now."
Long Chen nodded and said: "In these years, I have focused my energy on Xixia and Nanliang, and paid little attention to the barbarians. I didn't expect that Tu Zhi would be ignored."
"The same goes for Tu Zhi. When something like this happened, he didn't even tell me."
After pacifying the barbarians and supporting Tu Zhi to become a chanyu, Long Chen seldom interfered with the affairs of the barbarians.
There were letters exchanged with Long Chen, and Tu Zhi always said that he was very good, and he never said that there were opposition forces in the clan to exclude him.
If Tu Zhi had spoken earlier, Long Chen would have sent troops to suppress the opposition forces.
Zhang Man said: "Tuzhi is embarrassed to say it, it's a family scandal."
Long Chen smiled and said: "That's right. I gave him the position of Shanyu, but he couldn't keep it. It's very embarrassing to say it."
Zhang Man asked: "Wugu and the others are contacting and summoning the barbarians. How should we respond?"
Long Chen asked with a smile: "How do you plan to deal with it?"
Zhang Man was a little embarrassed and said: "The general's plan is to defend and wait for King Wu to arrive."
Long Chen smiled and said: "I'm here, but I'm the only one. The army is still behind, and there are still two days to arrive."
Zhang Man was a little surprised. She thought the army had followed Long Chen, but she didn't expect it hadn't arrived yet.
"King Wu knew that the barbarians were going to rebel, so he took the first step?"
Zhang Man felt very curious. Why did Long Chen arrive first before the army arrived?
Long Chen shook his head and said: "No, something happened. You arranged the defense within the customs. I went to see Tu Zhi. Several times
Haven’t seen you for years.”
Zhang Man wanted to send someone to protect him, but think about it, it's not necessary. Long Chen doesn't need someone to protect him?
"The last general takes orders."
Zhang Man stood up, Long Chen walked out, followed by Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai.
Zhang Man had never seen Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai, and wanted to ask who these two people were, but saw that they looked a little strange, so he didn't ask further.
Coming out of the room, he looked at the desolate mountains around him, with a little white snow covering the soil, and a biting cold wind that made his ears hurt. Hu Feiyang couldn't help but sigh: "I've heard about the desolate and bitter cold in the north, but I just got to see it today.
"
Qiu Kuohai nodded and said: "The difference between the north and the south is huge. Daliang is extremely hot and humid, but Dazhou is so cold."
Hu Feiyang asked curiously: "Long Chen, how is Xixia?" .??.
They had never been to Xixia and were curious about what Xixia was like.
Long Chen said: "In addition to the bitter cold, Xixia also has drought and water shortage, which is even worse than here."
"You can go and see for yourself in the future. Now that the world is unified, there is no such thing as a Xixia pass."
"Of course, the premise is that we win this battle. If we lose, we will all be the ghost tribe's rations."
Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai were silent.
The ghost clan has seen how powerful they are, but they are not sure whether they can win this battle.
The three of them were walking at the pass. Some soldiers recognized Long Chen and happily gathered around to pay their respects.
"The last general, Han Xiu, pays homage to King Wu."
Lieutenant General Han Xiu hurried over to meet him.
"General Han is getting more and more beautiful."
Han Xiu is a female general, Long Chen laughed and joked.
The surrounding soldiers cheered and said with a smile: "King Wu appreciates it, General Han is well-deserved."
Han Xiu felt embarrassed and said with a smile: "King Wu is so complimentary that he would not dare to be the last general."
Long Chen smiled and said: "You prepare to defend, I will personally go to the barbarian camp."
Long Chen has arrived, and everyone is not in a hurry anymore.
With King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty suppressing the army, what's so scary about the small barbarians?
After leaving Yanmen Pass, Long Chen walked towards Shanyu Yazhang according to the location. When passing by Fengsha Tower, Long Chen Pointing to a pile of charred remains, he said: "That's the Fengsha Tower. When Li Chengdao raided Yanmen Pass, he burned it down and all the people inside were reduced to coke."
The two of them glanced at the black remnants covered with snow and said nothing with gloomy faces.
If Long Chen said this earlier, they would definitely refute it.
But now, they don't want to say anything.
Walking from Yanmen Pass to Shanyu Yazhang, more and more barbarians were gathering around the Yazhang area.
Most of these barbarians did not know Long Chen, and they all glanced at Long Chen and the others with hostile eyes, and from time to time they used barbarian language and sternly laughed.
Long Chen ignored these ant-like things.
Qiu Kuohai saw so many barbarians for the first time and couldn't help but said: "These people smell so bad. Do they never take a bath?"
Long Chen couldn't help but laugh: "They take a bath? What do they use to bathe? Do they use cow dung?"
"There is plenty of water in the south and the weather is hot, so bathing is convenient. But there is water shortage in the north, so washing your face is a luxury."
"Besides, the barbarians are in the grassland and they don't care about these things."
Qiu Kuohai shook his head, picked up a scarf and wrapped it around his nose, saying: "I haven't taken a shower these days, and I feel uncomfortable all over, these people."
Long Chen slowly walked to the vicinity of Shan Yu's tooth tent. In front of him was a man who was as tall and stocky as a hill. There were more than a dozen strong men standing beside him. They looked at Long Chen and the three of them and sneered.
"The soldiers of the barbarians are really strong."
Hu Feiyang clicked his tongue and praised him. He wanted such a burly soldier who could be used to attack cities and charge.
Qiu Kuohai turned to look at Long Chen and said, "You are in trouble. They don't seem to want you to go in."
The barbarians on the road saw Long Chen walking towards the tooth tent, guessed that he was looking for Tu Zhi, and immediately reported the news.
After receiving the news, Manzi intercepted Long Chen and the others outside.
"You! People from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, what are you doing here!"
The burliest barbarian in the middle cursed in a rough voice.
As he spoke, the flesh on his neck trembled.
Long Chen looked at it and murmured: "Does this guy have acromegaly? His face looks like this."
