Excitedly, Long Qie and Zhang Han headed for the northern frontier with 50,000 troops. They really needed a victory to prove their worth. Neither of them were generals who followed Fusu from Shangjun. , not even comparable to Han Xina. They were only defeated when Fusu fought with Hu Hai's troops and Xiang Yu's Chu army and finally surrendered to Fusu. Naturally, their prestige in the army cannot be compared with that of following Fusu. Compared with those generals, Long Qie did not make any outstanding achievements after surrendering to Fusu. He only participated in a battle with the Huns in Jiuyuan more than a year ago, and he did not make any significant achievements. , and Zhang Han made repeated mistakes and lost several opportunities. It can be said that he was very eager to make meritorious deeds.

This time, the two of them were appointed by Fusu and received his advice in person. They knew that this was an excellent opportunity given to them by the emperor, so they wanted to annihilate the invading Huns in one battle. Almost exhausted. After knowing that the Huns had captured Yanmen County, the two of them did not contact the defenders of Jiuyuan and Yunzhong counties, and took their troops directly to Yanmen. But when they arrived When we arrived at Yanmen County, the city was already empty of people. Not even a single Huns was missing in the entire city, leaving only the corpses of soldiers and civilians all over the city, as well as ruins and broken walls.

Seeing this situation, the two of them were greatly disappointed, but when Fusu ordered them to go out, he did not let them go deep into the grassland to find the whereabouts of the Huns, so they had to temporarily station their troops in Yanmen County and sent scouts to look around. As for the whereabouts of the Huns, they also sent people to Xianyang to report the situation here to the court, so that the emperor could decide what to do next. However, by this time, the Huns had already retreated to the grassland under the leadership of Mao Dun.

While they were waiting in Yanmen to find the whereabouts of the Huns or to get approval from the court to send troops to the grasslands, Zidu and his group of hundreds of people had already returned to the Central Plains through Jiuyuan and lost all contact with them. Arm, if Zidu and others entered the Central Plains from Yanmen County, Zhang Han and his two men would naturally be able to learn the location of the Huns from their mouths. The two people who were eager to make meritorious deeds might lead their troops to rush there to confront them. The Huns launched an attack. After all, Mao Dun and his troops were still close to the Central Plains at that time. They could catch up with them within a day or two after leaving Yanmen County. However, they happened to be in Yanmen County together. One returned from Jiuyuan. Of course, Zhang Han and Long Qie were unaware of all this. They were still waiting for news in the city.

On this day, when the two of them heard the report from the scouts who had gone hundreds of miles away that there was no trace of the Huns, they already knew that the Huns were probably unlikely to show up here again. While the two of them were greatly frustrated, they also began to feel a little bit depressed. Feeling sorry for himself, Zhang Han said after sighing: "I never thought it would be so difficult for the two of us to make some achievements. Either our troops are inferior to the enemy's, or we can't win a battle with the enemy like now. It's really frustrating to think about it. ah."

Long Qie also said: "Yes, the Huns who captured Yanmen County only plundered the grain, grass and baggage and left, which is beyond my expectation. And the imperial court should have just received our report now, I think the emperor will have to discuss with his ministers before deciding whether to send us like General Peng Zidu to break into the Xiongnu grassland. By that time, even if the emperor agrees to our sending troops to the grassland, the invading enemies of the Xiongnu will have returned to their own territory. It will not be so easy for us to deal with them." He said this in the end because Zidu had learned from the past that even an army that caught the Huns by surprise and rushed into their hinterland without preparation would eventually be defeated. According to the news, when the Huns were already on guard, they couldn't get any advantage at all.

Zhang Han nodded heavily: "It seems that the two of us can only return without success in the end, and our faces are disgraceful." The two of them looked at each other and became speechless. Just when they were discouraged.

, but a soldier came to report that an envoy from Xianyang was coming from outside the city on the emperor's order. The two of them stayed for a while, hurriedly packed their clothes and went out to welcome him.

The envoy presented Fusu's imperial edict and ordered the two of them to immediately send troops to the Xiongnu grassland to give the Huns some strength. Both of them looked at the visitor with confusion and said, "May I ask, sir, if the emperor can

Do you have any other instructions? According to my estimation, the Huns have returned to the depths of the grassland. Now that we send troops into the grassland, we probably have no chance of winning."

The man said: "Can the two generals evacuate everyone in the hall? I hope you can forgive me. This is what the emperor specially ordered when the villain came out of Xianyang. He said that this is the key to victory or defeat and cannot be known to others.

, in case there are Huns spies among them.”

The two looked at each other, and saw confusion in each other's eyes. They didn't know what other strategies the emperor had to defeat the enemy. After hesitating for a while, the two ordered everyone in the hall to leave, and then closed the door themselves.

After everything was over, Zhang Han came to the envoy and said, "Now, sir, can you tell us what happened?"

Na Lai used a voice that could only be heard by three people and said quietly: "General Peng Zidu has returned to Xianyang City from the Xiongnu grassland. He also brought back an excellent news, that is, the Yuezhi Kingdom has agreed to fight the Huns in our country.

At that time, we attacked the Huns from behind and defeated the Huns together with us. Therefore, as long as the two generals joined forces with the defenders in Yunzhong and Jiuyuan to fight towards the grassland, the Huns would be defeated.

Not far away.”

The two were pleasantly surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect that Zidu, who they had always thought had died in the grassland, had come back alive and brought such great news. No wonder this man would be so cautious and not let others know about this.

Come on, the Yuezhi people obviously don’t have too many men and horses available. They can only play a key role when the Huns are unprepared and concentrate on fighting the Qin army. Otherwise, the Huns can send troops to the Yuezhi first, and then there will be no such thing as just now

The mentioned front and back attacks.

Long Qie said: "That's very good. We will immediately prepare our troops and horses to go far away. I wonder how many troops and horses the defenders in Jiuyuan and Yunzhong can send to go with us to the grassland?"

The man said: "I don't know about this, but the Emperor is determined to win the Huns this time, so the number of troops sent into the grassland will not be too few. It should be enough to annihilate the Huns."

After saying this, the two of them became more confident. After arranging for the envoys to rest, they called all the generals under their command and told them about the plan to send troops to the Huns. Of course, for the sake of safety, the two of them

Not that the Yuezhi people would also send troops

They talked about jointly dealing with the Huns. This aroused the confusion of some generals who understood the situation. However, because this was the intention of the imperial court and Zhang Han had already made a decision, it was hard for those generals to say anything.

We can only go back to camp to prepare.

Just when Yanmen County was busy preparing to attack the grassland and completely eliminate the Huns, Fusu in Xianyang City changed his mind again. This was not because Fusu changed his order from morning to night, but because Fusu was issuing this order.

when

We have forgotten the previously established policy, which is not to exterminate the Huns, but to timely propose peace negotiations with them when they are beaten to the point of being unable to stand up, and then control the Huns through trade on the border.

This idea was settled when Fusu sent Chao An as envoy to the Yuezhi. However, after the Huns invaded the border again, killed many people in villages and towns, and captured Yanmen County, Fusu was angered by him.

Everything was forgotten. Then Zidu returned and he mentioned that he had reached an agreement with the Yuezhi people. This made Fusu completely forget his previous thoughts and became obsessed with destroying the Xiongnu.

A few days after Fusu's imperial edict was conveyed, Zhang Liang finally couldn't bear it anymore. After the court meeting one day, he found Fusu and expressed his views to him privately. Zhang Liang said: "Your Majesty, since we

Before this, you had no intention of annihilating the Huns by force, so why have you changed your mind now?"

When Fusu Jing was reminded by Zhang Liang, he suddenly remembered that he had had this idea before, and said apologetically: "I have indeed forgotten my previous idea, just because those Huns are really bullying people too much. They invaded our Central Plains again and made our people miserable."

suffer disaster,

As the lord of the world, I should naturally avenge them. And this time the Yuezhi is willing to help us, our chances of winning by sending troops to the grassland will naturally be greatly increased. So there is no need to worry about the strategy we made before, we should also adapt to changes

Well."

Zhang Liangdao: "Excuse me, I dare to say that the emperor is wrong to think so. Firstly, even if we join forces with the Yuezhi people, we still cannot kill all the Huns. After all, they are scattered in every corner of the grassland. Secondly, in this way,

The casualties of the soldiers who came to our Daqin will also be huge, and the people who have finally lived a stable life will be frightened again. The third time, too

The most important point is that the Yuezhi people are also foreigners after all. They are likely to dominate the grassland after annihilating the Huns. Then they will become our enemies. At that time, our enemies will just be replaced by the Huns.

The Yuezhi people are of no benefit to us. Didn't our soldiers sacrifice their lives in vain? I hope the emperor will think twice!"

After hearing what he said, Fusu agreed deeply and couldn't help but nodded: "What you said makes some sense." Although he said this on the surface, in fact, Fusu already recognized Zhang Liang's views in his heart.

He has never regarded the Yuezhi people as opponents. That was due to the history of "later generations"

influence, but now that history has changed, he is not sure whether the Yuezhi in the future will have no serious conflict with the Central Plains people like the Yuezhi in history. He doesn't know whether the Yuezhi will become another Huns.

After all, they were nomadic people like the Huns.

After thinking for a long time, Fusu said: "In your opinion, Zifang, how should we handle this battle?"
Chapter completed!