The Huns went south!

This news was very unexpected for Zhao Dan and other ministers of Zhao State present.

The nomadic peoples have always been a major border defense for the Chinese countries. Otherwise, the Qin, Zhao and Yan would not have built a series of Great Walls on the northern border.

The Huns in this era were not the powerful empire in later generations that fought against the east and west under the leadership of Maodun Shanyu, but they were already a powerful nomadic tribe that gradually grew up in the confrontation with their old enemy Yuezhi.

Zhao Dan took a deep breath and took the urgent report from Miao Xian.

This urgent report comes from Yunzhong County, one of the five northern counties of Zhao State.

"Sometimes, the Huns went south in large numbers, with more than 10,000 cavalry. Yuanyang was in an emergency. Please send troops to rescue him quickly!"

In the lower right corner of the emergency report, the seals of the county magistrate and county magistrate of Yunzhong County were clearly covered.

Zhao Dan snorted heavily and raised the urgent revelation in his hand: "Let's circulate it all!"

After reading this information, all the ministers of Zhao looked very serious.

Tens of thousands of cavalry are not a small number. Generally speaking, behind these tens of thousands of cavalry, there are several times more women, children and elderly people, and they can be regarded as a large tribe of the Huns.

You should know that in previous years, the invasions of the Huns were usually small, hundreds or thousands of. This time, the sudden invasion of tens of thousands of cavalry can be said to be a huge momentum.

Zhao Dan glanced at Miao Xian and said, "Summon the great traveler Zheng Zhu!"

Half an hour later, Zheng Zhu hurried to Zhao Dan and others: "See the King!"

Zhao Dan's tone sounded very unhappy: "Zheng Zhu, I ask you, did King Lin Hu pay tribute this year?"

Zheng Zhu was stunned for a moment and replied: "By the king, this year, the tribute from King Lin Hu is as usual, and there is no change."

"Is that true?" Zhao Dan sneered and said, "But a 10,000-person cavalry in the Huns has appeared in my Yunzhong County!"

"What?" Zheng Zhu was shocked.

Since King Wuling of Zhao carried out Hu's uniform and cavalry, Zhao's national strength has increased greatly, and he has continuously expanded his territory to the north, defeating Lin Hu and Lou Fan in succession.

Among them, King Loufan led his troops to surrender and became the military and civilians of the five northern counties of Zhao State. Part of Lin Hu's troops became subjects of Zhao State, and the other part fled west under the leadership of King Lin Hu, settled for a generation west of Langshan and north of Yinshan, and was forced to pay tribute due to the power of Zhao State.

Not only that, the Linhu tribe often informed Zhao State, and a large number of Linhu cavalry had joined the Zhao State border cavalry corps as mercenaries to fight.

Logically speaking, the large-scale invasion of the Huns should not be hidden from the Linhu tribe who was on the grassland, but before that, Zhao State had not received any warning from the Linhu tribe, which has to be said to be an intriguing thing.

As a major transitor in charge of Zhao's diplomacy, it has been a year or two since Zheng Zhu and Lin and Hu's tribes have been dealing with each other.

Zheng Zhu thought about it and said with great certainty: "I guaranteed my life, but there is no news about King Lin Hu."

After a pause, Zheng Zhu suddenly remembered something and said, "When I met the envoy of Lin Hu's tribe at the beginning of the year, the man said that Lin Hu was in good health and seemed to be quite worried. Could it be..."

Zheng Zhu did not continue to say it, but everyone present knew what Zheng Zhu said.

It is very likely that Lao Lin and Hu King are dead!

According to Zhao Dan's memory, this old King Lin and Hu have been in power for more than 30 years, and should be in his fifties and sixty years old now.

At such an age, it is not surprising that you will die at any time.

Once Lao Wang dies, Lin Hu's tribe will inevitably have civil strife. In such a situation where he can't take care of himself, even if he knows that Shanyu sends troops, he will probably be too lazy to report the news.

Although this is just a guess, it is very likely that it is the truth of the matter.

Just when everyone didn't know what to say, another rapid bang sounded.

"What?" Zhao Dan and the ministers in the palace changed their faces again, thinking: "Is there an alarm?"

Generally speaking, a premonition about bad things will be particularly accurate.

This time is no exception.

Miao Xian hurried out again, and then hurried in with a new urgent report: "King, Jiuyuan County urgent report!"

As soon as this sentence was said, the atmosphere in the entire hall became even more solemn.

Zhao Dan took the secret report and found that the content above was almost the same.

Another Xiongnu cavalry with a population of more than 20,000 went south along Yanmen County and rushed straight to Pingyin and Pingyi, two major towns in Yanmen County.

"Bastard!" Zhao Dan punched the table hard, his face very ugly: "Are the Huns crazy? They actually dispatched such a large army!"

Compared with the "million-controlling men" who appeared decades later in history, the Xiongnu Empire, which was called "million-controlling men" who appeared in Bai Dengshan, dispatched 400,000 troops to siege Liu Bang for seven days and seven nights in the battle, 30,000 troops seemed a bit unworthy.

But it should be noted that the Huns at this moment are actually just one of the many nomadic peoples in the northern part of Zhao State. Many tribes on the grassland have not been subdued by the Huns, and are far from comparable to the Hun Empire that once defeated the Han Dynasty.

As a time traveler, Zhao Dan certainly could not know nothing about the Huns. In fact, Zhao Dan was extremely concerned about the Huns and ordered Miao Xian to find a way to collect information about the Huns many times.

According to the intelligence judgement of Zhao State over the years, the population of the Xiongnu headquarters is about 200,000. According to simple calculations, there are about 100,000 men, and the number of young and strong men is about 50,000.

And now the two Xiongnu cavalry that appeared in Zhao State have exceeded 30,000, and may even reach 40,000!

It is not an exaggeration to describe such a scale as a result of its influx of life.

If Zhao Dan's memory of the fusion was correct, the last time the Huns' cavalry invaded at such a large scale would have happened at least ten years ago.

It's really not the time to come!

Zhao Dan took a deep breath and issued a series of orders.

"I am responsible for my orders and order the two counties and county magistrates of Wuyuan and Jiuyuan to draw elite troops to support Yunzhong County!"

"I ordered the county and the county magistrates of Zhongshan to draw elite troops to support Yanmen County!"

"I ordered Pang Yuan to immediately lead Hu Ben and two cavalrymen from Yulin to go north to support Yanmen and Yunzhong!"

"I will send you another order to Yunzhong, the county magistrates and magistrates of Yanmen County, be sure to stay and wait for help!"

Lian Po, who was standing aside, was a little dissatisfied when he heard this and immediately spoke: "King, the old minister, please go to fight against the Huns!"

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said to Lian Po: "General, the Huns have only 30,000 troops. Although they are threatening, they are not enough to be a big problem. I want to ask the general to rush to Shangdang County immediately to prevent the Qin army from raiding Shangdang!"

Lian Po hesitated for a moment, but responded: "Vei."

After all the matters were arranged, the ministers of Zhao State stood up and left the seat and walked quickly outside the hall.

Zhao Dan watched the ministers leave, and an inexplicable emotion quietly arose in his heart.
Chapter completed!