In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu split into two parts, and as the Northern Xiongnu were defeated by the Han army and the Southern Xiongnu, they were forced to migrate westward. The Xianbei Donghu took the opportunity to rise on the grasslands in the northern desert. The power of the Southern Xiongnu was constantly squeezed, so they could only move towards the

South Development.

?At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, internal conflicts broke out again in the Southern Xiongnu. Shanyu Qiangqu was killed by rebels. His son Yu Luofu went into exile in the Central Plains and was active in Bingzhou and the Central Plains. It was from this time that the Huns began to deeply participate in the Han Dynasty.

The last rebellion.

After Luofu died in the seventh year of exile in the Central Plains, his younger brother Hu Chuquan succeeded the throne of Shanyu and named Luofu's eldest son Liu Bao as the Left Xian King, and named Luofu's second son Qubei as the Right Xian King.

Soon, with the support of Yuan Shao, Huchuquan led the exiled Xiongnu army back to the Southern Xiongnu, successfully restored the country, and controlled the vast territory south of Yinshan, northern Bingzhou and Heshuo area.

Although the power center of the Southern Xiongnu went north with Huchuquan restoration, the Southern Xiongnu still maintained a strong force in the Central Plains. Among them, the Zuo Xianwang Liu Bao controlled the northern part of Bingzhou, while the Youxianwang controlled the Guannei area.

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As Liu Jing's southern forces seize Guanlong in one fell swoop, they will inevitably have a head-on collision with the Southern Xiongnu forces.

Although in the past year, the Han army defeated the Qiang and Di forces in Longxi and Hexi successively and stabilized the west of Guanzhong, with the formulation of the Han army's major national policy, the Han army finally had to start facing infiltration with the development of the capital Chang'an, a major national policy for the Han country.

The Southern Xiongnu forces, which had been in the Central Plains for a long time, were the forces that controlled the Right King's dehumi in the area within the pass.

The area within the Guan was today's Shaanxi and Ningxia. The Han Dynasty set up four major counties, including Shangjun, Beidijun, Shuofangjun and Andingjun in this area. However, since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, surrounding ethnic groups have flocked into the Guanjun,

Among them, the Huns are the most, and it is known in history that the population in the pass is more than one million, the Rong Di lives half of the Huns and Han scattered.'

In fact, the area within the Guanzhong area was dominated by the Huns, and others were Wuhuan, Qiang, Di, Jie, Xianbei and other mixed Hu people gathered in it, with more than 200,000 armoured cavalry, and were eyeing it, threatening Guanzhong and Hedong and other places.

The country moved its capital to Chang'an, and the nearest Xiongnu forces were only 200 miles away. The Huns' Iron Cavalry could reach Chang'an within one day.

Although Liu Jing knew that the Huns were powerful, the situation was stronger than others. Removing the threat from the Zahu in Guanzhong to Guanzhong had become the prerequisite for moving the capital to Chang'an, and it was also a huge challenge that Liu Jing had to face.

However, the situation in the area within the pass is complicated, and the Huns are indisputable. Various ethnic groups live in the middle of the Hu. Some of them are the Chinese Hu people who engage in farming production with the Han people, and some are the powerful Hu people who live on nomadic life. Therefore, a comprehensive strategy to attack Hu.

It became the top priority before the Han army launched a large-scale attack.

Anding County is located between Longxi and Guannei, and Liupan Mountains stretch for thousands of miles across it, becoming a natural barrier in the north of Guanzhong, making Anding County divided into two.

The Jingshui River Basin south of Liupan Mountain is a dense farming area with a large population and fertile land. It has been a wealthy place in Guanzhong since ancient times. There are tens of thousands of people living here, including Han people, and half of them, including Qiang, Wuhuan and some.

The Huns, they belonged to the Chinese Hu people, took farming as their business and intermarried with each other. The boundary between Hanfu was blurred.

That morning, a team of about twenty Han cavalry scouts were running northwest along the river valley in Liupan Mountain. The cavalry scouts belonged to Xiliu Camp. They ordered Pang Dezhi, the leader of Xiliu Camp, to head north to Anding County.

Exploring intelligence mainly involves exploring the situation in the Xiaoguan area.

This cavalry scout was led by a military marquis. The military marquis was named Wei Jin, a native of Jingzhao. He belonged to the Wei family of the Jingzhao clan. He was about 26 or 27 years old. He was tall and burly, with a wide face, a big nose, and a skin.

He was originally a civil servant in Cao's army. After surrendering to the Han army, he served as the scout army marquis. Although he had only been one year, he was very smart and capable.

The cavalry rushed up to a low hill like lightning. The pine forests on the hill were dense and suddenly above the flat ground. It was the best place to check the surrounding conditions. Seeing that it was almost noon, Wei Jin said to the cavalry: "Drop off the horse and rest on the spot.

, set off in half an hour!"

The cavalry dismounted one after another, took off the water bags from the horses, drank water and fed the war horses. After the war horses, they also searched for places to sit down everywhere, drank water and ate dry food. Wei Jin found a flat stone and took out the scout map.

They are currently in the Liupan Mountains. They passed through Danzheng Gorge in the morning and entered a basin within Liupan Mountain. They are surrounded by high mountains. The basin is low and the terrain is everywhere. Wei Jin drew it on the map again.

A small triangle, this is the hill they are currently in.

"Zhang Wu, come here!" Wei Jin turned around and shouted. After a moment, a young man rushed over, "Does the Junhou look for me?"

Wei Jin pointed at the surrounding mountains with charcoal and asked, "What are our names here? Where is Xiaoguan?"

Soldier Zhang Wu is a local and is very familiar with the surrounding situation. He put his hand on the curtain and looked into the distance for a while. More than ten miles away was the steep Liupan Mountain, surrounded by mountains. They happened to be a small one among the mountains.

Inside the small basin.

Zhang Wu thought for a while and said, "This place is called Zhuxianggu. It is a famous basin in Liupanshan. It is under the jurisdiction of Wushi County. If I remember correctly, there should be a small town in front of it, called that town, and it was a businessman who came out of seclusion.

I went to the last supply place before. I was a child. There were many shops. I left the town and walked north for seven or eight miles and entered the mountain canyon. Muxia Pass in Xiaoguanzhong is at the northmost point. Xiaoguan is actually not a pass.

, but consists of three passes, starting from Muxia Pass in the north and Liupan Pass in the south. In the middle is Wating Pass, a total of about twenty miles of land. The terrain is dangerous and the Great Wall is built. The three passes are built separately.

The three military cities are probably abandoned."

While listening, Wei Jin quickly marked the map with a charcoal pen. He put away the map, went to the pine forest and looked northward. He vaguely saw a small town. At this time, a branch consisted of more than a hundred mules and horses.

The caravan, loaded with goods, was passing by the hills and heading towards the town, which should be the town there.

Wei Jin came back and said to the soldiers: "Stay for a while before you set off. You must pass Muxia Pass tonight."

Half an hour later, Wei Jin gave the order, the soldiers boarded the horses and rushed down the hills, rushing towards the town ahead along the official road, dust rolling all the way, just one mile away from the town,

Suddenly, several horse-riding merchants ran towards the front, with a look of panic and anxious look. They waved to them desperately. Wei Jin recognized that it was the caravan he had seen on the hill not long ago.

"What happened?" Wei Jin asked.

Several merchants saw the Han army and felt a little calmer, surrounding Wei Jin and said, "The Hu cavalry are looting the town, killing people and robbing everywhere, and our goods are all taken away."

Wei Jin was shocked. The Hu army rarely entered Xiaoguan. Why did it appear today? He hurriedly asked: "How many Hu cavalry are there?"

"There are more than two thousand people, please leave quickly! They will definitely go south."

Wei Jin suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. Thousands of Hu cavalry crossed Liupan Mountain and entered the Guanzhong territory. This was an extremely serious military provocation, a very important intelligence, and even related to the entire battle situation.

He had to report to the main general, and Wei Jin immediately said to Zhang Wu: "You lead ten brothers to rush back to the barracks and report this to General Pang."

"Abide by the order!"

Zhang Wu waved his hand and said, "Follow me!"

He led ten men to turn around and run south, and several merchants followed them and gradually walked away. Wei Jin watched Zhang Wu and others disappear, and then said to the other ten men: "By by the town, let's go

Look at Xiao Guan.”

They ran towards another small road, trying to bypass the town, but they had just run less than a mile, and a whistle above their heads made a sharp roar. Wei Jin was shocked and strangled his war horse.

Seeing hundreds of Hu cavalry rushing out from all directions, surrounding them, and aiming countless arrows at them.

"Don't resist!" Wei Jin whispered. They could not defeat hundreds of cavalry anyway, and would only die in vain. When he saw these Hu cavalry wearing red leather armor, he guessed that they should be from Wuhuan.

At this time, a leader of Hu cavalry urged the horse to come out. He was extremely majestic and dark in skin. His leopard eyes stared at Wei Jin with sharp eyes. After a while, he asked coldly: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

He spoke Chinese, very awkward and could barely understand it. Wei Jin said proudly: "This is the territory of the Han Dynasty. Isn't it natural for us to patrol here? Who are you? How dare you kill people and set fire on the territory of the Han Dynasty?

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The leader of Hu Qi stared at him with a slight slight doubt in his eyes. He suddenly laughed loudly, and hundreds of Hu Qi around him laughed. The leader of Hu Qi stopped laughing and said coldly: "Since you are not resisting."

For the sake of my life, I will spare you! Take them back to the camp.”

Hundreds of Hu cavalry rushed forward, confiscated his weapons, tied their hands behind their backs, and urged their horses to go towards Xiaoguan.

This Hu cavalry is a large tribe of the Wuhuan tribe. The Wuhuan people were divided into two groups, and the main part moved to Liaodong and Youzhou, while the other part moved to Shangjun and Anding County within the pass, and lived with the Xiongnu.

Together, the leader Lu Xi called himself King Wuhuan.

The Wuhuan tribe in Anding County has about 30,000 people, with 7,000 elite cavalry, the chief was named Bian Shu, and the leader of the Wuhuan cavalry who captured the scout of the Han army was Chi Ning, the son of Bian Shu, who led two thousand cavalrymen.

He went deep into the Jing River and prepared to plunder people and property, but unexpectedly he happened to meet the Han army scout.

Chi Ning was a little worried that the Han army would arrive, so he stopped going south, but instead escorted Wei Jin and others back to the camp and reported to his father.

They walked northward, passed through the rugged canyon in Liupan Mountain, and left Muxia Pass. Gaoping County was at the foot of Liupan Mountain. At this time, the county town had become the stronghold of the Wuhuan people in Anding County, and most of the population in the county had fled.

The houses in the city were occupied by the Wuhuan people and used to accommodate women, children, elderly and weak.

Thousands of large tents are surrounded by the city, and a river flows around the city like a jade belt. This is the camp of Anding Wuhuan. Hundreds of miles north are their territory, making a living by animal husbandry, and some people are around the county town.

Plant wheat in the fertile field.

Bian Shu is over fifty years old this year, tall and strong, with more than ten wives and concubines, and gave birth to a bunch of sons for him, but only two sons survived until adulthood. The eldest son Wu Xuan was a guard by the Xiongnu Youxian King, and the second son

Chi Ning followed him.

Bian Shu was quite uneasy this year. The Han army launched a large-scale force in Longxi and Hexi to wipe out the Qiang and Di troops. Although it had not yet gone north, the ominous clouds had already covered the troops in the pass. According to Bian Shu's idea, it should

He went to Chang'an to express his surrender to Liu Jing and paid tribute to cattle and sheep according to tradition. For hundreds of years, the Wuhuan people have paid tribute to the Han Dynasty and sought protection from the central dynasty.

But two months ago, the eldest son sent the wooden arrow order from Sheyanze to the Xiongnu Youxian King to get away from Bei. The tribes were not allowed to surrender to the Han Kingdom without authorization. Those who violated the orders were exterminated, which made the border guards not dare to send people to Chang'an to submit to the emperor.

He prayed for God's blessing every day, and the Han army sent troops to the county first, which gave Lu Xi a headache.
Chapter completed!