"Yuezhi people?" Zhao Dan was quite surprised when he heard this news.

This information comes from the Shuofang County Magistrate's Office, and is stamped with the seal of Shuofang County Magistrate. Naturally, there is no doubt about the authenticity.

But... why did the Yuezhi people suddenly appear?

From the perspective of a time traveler, Zhao Dan actually has a good impression of Yuezhi.

After all, Yuezhi was the mortal enemy of the Huns.

When Emperor Wu of Han sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions to find the Yuezhi and form an alliance with the Yuezhi to fight against the Huns.

However, at that time, Yuezhi had been beaten out of the psychological shadow by the Huns, and his own strength was too weak, so he could only politely reject the Han Dynasty's request for alliance.

But even so, Yuezhi was generally a country very friendly to the Han Dynasty. It was also located on the Silk Road and made its own contribution to the opening and development of the Silk Road.

So after traveling through time, Zhao Dan once considered to win over Yuezhi to deal with the Huns, but later there were too many things, and the unexpected weakling of the Huns, so Zhao Dan put this matter aside.

Now Zhao Dan’s main energy is still focused on fighting for supremacy in the Central Plains, and he does not have much time to pay attention to the Hexi Corridor.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Dan ignored Yuezhi, but Yuezhi came to the door.

Zhao Dan glanced at several subordinates present and asked, "Does anyone know the information about this Yuezhi?"

Zhao Dan didn't know much about Yuezhi, and most of them were recorded during the Han Dynasty. There is no need to think that Yuezhi is very different from the Yuezhi in the Warring States Period.

This also made Zhao Dan secretly alert. It seems that if he wanted to establish a powerful dynasty, intelligence work should not only be placed in the Central Plains countries, but also to pay attention to grasslands, plateaus, deserts and other places.

The Hu Yiwei must set up a department specifically responsible for this aspect, send some spies to investigate and collect information about this large area of ​​"future Zhao territory".

After all, is the king's land under the world?

As a time traveler, Zhao Dan did not even think about it and took the area of ​​9.6 million square kilometers as the territory of Zhao in his subconscious mind.

Regarding the question raised by Zhao Dan, several ministers looked at each other, and then Li Mu said, "Your Majesty, I am stationed in Gaoquesai, not too far from Helan Mountain. I have caught a few Yuezhi nomads and heard about Yuezhi."

"I won't tell you quickly!"

Li Mu bowed and said, "King, the Yuezhi tribe has about 200,000 to 300,000 people, claiming to have 100,000 cavalry. He has fought against the Huns and Wusuns many times, and won more than lost less. This is a major force in the northwest today."

Zhao Dan asked, "What else?"

Li Mu spread his hands: "Master, the other ministers don't know much."

Zhao Dan was a little disappointed.

At this moment, Zhao Ling, the governor of Hetao County, who had been by his side, suddenly said: "King, it is said that the Linhu people and the Yueshi people are allies. Nowadays, there are many people from the Linhu tribe in the army, and many of the Linhu nobles are generals in the army. Why not find a few to ask about the situation?"

Zhao Dan slapped his thigh: "Why did I forget this!"

A moment later, several Linhu people came hurriedly.

"The last general has seen the king!"

When Zhao Dan saw that these Lin Hu nobles were basically officers of the Zhao army, and one of them was a side general.

"You and tell me about the situation of this Yuezhi!"

Several Lin Hu people looked at each other, and then the noble Lin Hu, who is now a general, replied: "Back to the king, the Yuezhi army is divided into the king's tent army and the tribal army, and is under the jurisdiction of the five major Xihou. Each Xihou has two ten thousand cavalry under its command, of which three Xihou is directly appointed by the Yuezhi King, and is directly under the Yuezhi King. The other two Xihous are appointed by the Yuezhi nobles, mainly composed of cavalry of the small and medium-sized tribes during the war."

After a pause, the Lin Hu noble continued: "If there are 20,000 cavalry this time, then it should be a certain Xihou leading his troops to invade."

Zhao Dan thought for a while and asked, "So, in your opinion, will the Xihou who came this time be directly under the Yuezhi King or the nobles of the Yuezhi Kingdom?"

Lin Hu shook his head and said, "King, I don't know about this minister."

Zhao Kuo, who was standing beside him, suddenly interrupted: "King, from the perspective of the minister, this is very likely to be a test by the King of Yuezhi. The one who was dispatched should be the direct army of the King of Yuezhi."

Zhao Dan turned to look at Zhao Kuo: "What evidence do you have?"

Zhao Kuo said: "I have no evidence, I am just a guess. Since the Yuezhi people have 100,000 troops but only send 20,000 troops, it shows that this is just a temptation. Since it is a temptation, sending too weak troops will not have the effect of temptation."

Zhao Dan thought for a moment, and felt that Zhao Kuo's words seemed to make some sense.

It's a little tricky now.

Zhao Dan asked, "How many soldiers are there in the two counties of Hetao now?"

The answer to this question is Zhao Ling, the governor of Hetao County: "The two counties of Hui Dawang, Hetao and Shuofang each have two thousand soldiers stationed, all of which are cavalry."

Zhao Dan calculated that the two counties had a total of 4,000 cavalry, and the five thousand cavalry brought by Zhao Dan was a total of 9,000 cavalry.

Although it is only half of the Yuezhi people's troops, with the powerful strength of the Zhao cavalry, it should be possible to fight.

So Zhao Dan asked, "Li Mu, if I order you to lead your troops to resist the Yuezhi people, can you win?"

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Of course I have this confidence. But..."

Li Mu wanted to speak but stopped.

"explain!"

Li Mu was shouted like this and had to say timidly: "It's just that the king must agree to me. This time the king will never be able to come to the battlefield in person."

Zhao Dan then realized that it was this problem.

Seeing that the words had already been said, Li Mu simply pointed out: "If the king is present in person, I must leave an elite force by the king's side to protect the king's safety, so that the soldiers will not let go. Moreover, since the Yuezhi people can defeat the Huns repeatedly, their strength cannot be underestimated. Now the Yuezhi people are twice as many as our army. If the entire army cannot go to battle, the outcome of this battle will be unpredictable."

Zhao Dan pondered for a while and nodded, "Well, since you said that, then I will not go to the battle in person this time, so I will wait for news of your victory in this Zhenbei City."

Li Mu was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly bowed and said, "The King is wise!"

Zhao Ling, the governor of Hetao County, looked a little worried and said, "King, now the war is in danger. It is better to cross the Yellow River north first to avoid..."

Zhao Dan waved his hand and interrupted Zhao Ling: "Now that the Yuezhi people invaded my territory, how can I be a deserter when the enemy arrives! I immediately told all the people of Hetao and Shuofang counties. This time I will be with the people of the two counties in this town north city! Until the Yuezhi invasion is defeated, I will return to Handan east!"

After Zhao Dan's words, everyone present was also very encouraged and said in unison: "Here!"

Zhao Dan thought about it and asked Zhao Ling again: "Zhao Ling, I heard that there are many Hu soldiers in the army now?"

Zhao Ling nodded and said, "That's right, this is the old system of King Wuling, and I am just following it."

Zhao Dan said: "Since that's the case, then it will be passed on. As long as you can behead a Yuezhi man in this battle, you can get rid of Hu's family and join Zhao. If you behead at level one or more, you will be rewarded according to the Zhao man's meritorious service system!"

Several generals and officers present were overjoyed when they heard this and saluted Zhao Dan: "The king is wise!"

Zhao Dan handed half of the tiger talisman to Li Mu: "No need to delay, please go and prepare quickly and lead the army to set off tomorrow!"

Li Mu respectfully took the tiger talisman and made a loud promise to Zhao Dan: "Please rest assured, I will definitely let the Yuezhi people come and go!"
Chapter completed!