In the first month of the year, the grassland is dark and yellow. The snow recedes, gradually revealing the withered turf under the snow. The brown frozen soil has been trampled and rolled by countless cattle and sheep, and gradually turned into a huge muddy pond.
It was the spring famine at this time, and the herdsmen were all lazy and without any energy. They were all hiding in their felt tents, drinking horse meat, eating mutton, and entertaining their wives. Suddenly the earth trembled, the tables and stools shook violently, and the herdsmen looked startled.
As people who have lived on horses all their lives, of course they know what caused this. They opened the curtains one after another, walked out, looked up into the distance, and exchanged a few words with each other. Most people thought that Prince Zuoxian and Wang Yufuluo had returned.
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Last year, Zhang Ju, a famous scholar among the Han people, and the Wuhuan people joined forces to rebel. The Han Dynasty issued an edict to send Xiongnu soldiers to Youzhou to quell the rebellion. The Xiongnu Qiangqu Chanyu sent Prince Yufuluo to send thousands of troops to Youzhou. Regarding this decision, everyone actually felt in their hearts.
They are unwilling to do so. The fighting of life and death by the Han Kingdom has nothing to do with us Huns. They seem to have forgotten that the land they are standing on now is the Xihe County of the Han Kingdom, and they have forgotten who took in these homeless dogs.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, and the earthquake on the ground was extremely strong. The herdsmen suddenly changed their expressions. This momentum was definitely not something that thousands of horsemen could create. If it wasn't the army of Prince Yuvrou, who could it be?
One of the herdsmen lost his voice and said: "Could it be that those who are slaughtered are the ones who are the ones?" The reason for the breeding is to accuse the blood of impure people. As a nomad who likes to plunder, it is ridiculous to insist on blood, but the fact is that the Huns attach great importance to blood, especially blood.
They are the southern Huns who surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The Tuge people were the subjects of King Xiutu of the Xiongnu at that time. Because they were distributed in Liangzhou, in the border counties of the state or outside the county, they often attracted some grassland people of unknown origins, such as yellow skin and white skin.
They have skin, black eyes, green eyes, black hair, yellow hair, colorful, nondescript, and have always been criticized by the Southern Huns.
The companion shook his head and said in denial: "No, that is the territory of Lord Gudu. If Tu Ge and the Huns go to war, there is no way that there will be no news at all."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Someone exclaimed: "The charging horn is the enemy's speed, blow the horn and assemble..."
"It's too late..." Everyone said in panic.
"Which bad wolf is it?"
"Is it really true that everyone is slaughtered..."
The person who had made the unfortunate statement earlier was indeed massacring everyone. The reason why they didn't get any information was because among the four nobles of the Xiongnu clan, the Yan clan, the Lan clan, the Qiulin clan, and the Xubu clan, the Xubu clan's Guduhou and
The Tuge people formed an alliance. Guduhou, the head of the Xiongnu ministers with foreign surnames, assisted the Chanyu in governing, and his position was only lower than that of the princes.
The herdsmen made a brief sweep and estimated that there were about 100,000 horsemen, and they rushed to hide in their homes. The affairs of the big shots had nothing to do with them.
One hundred thousand cavalry surrounded the Chan Yu Ting, and then with the passionate sound of horns, they poured into the Chan Yu Ting like a tide, approaching the Chan Yu's tent. The difference in strength was so huge that even the thousands of Chan Yu's personal guards could not
If you dare to move, obediently make way for you.
Xubu Guduhou stood outside the tent and said loudly: "Da Shanyu, I am Guduhou, and I have something to report." After saying this, Shanyu waved his hand without giving a reply, and hundreds of warriors came in through the tent.
In an instant, there was the sound of swords piercing flesh, and the screams were loud, and stopped after a while. The curtain was opened, and a man walked up to Xubu Guduhou, bowed and said: "Guduhou, it's safe inside, you can go in."
Xubu Guduhou nodded and entered the account with a dozen people one after another.
On the throne, the Qiangqu Chanyu's face was livid, he glared at Xubu Guduhou fiercely, and then glanced at the people around him, most of whom were Xiongnu nobles, as well as the Tuge leaders Dong Qi'er, Shi Hu, and Huang Fahuang
Xu had a long way to go, and opened his mouth to rebuke: "Marquis Gudu, you have actually fallen to the point of mixing with Tuge Zhazai. Where is your dignity as a Xubu clan? And you shameless people, you know that you are
What are you doing? You are introducing a pack of vicious wolves into your home."
The Xiongnu nobles were silent and looked disdainful. Xubu Gu Duhou calmly said: "Da Chanyu, I finally call you Da Chanyu. I am guarding the dignity of the Xubu clan and the dignity of the Great Xiongnu."
, and then joined forces with the Tu Ge brothers."
"We, the Great Huns, are wolves, not dogs of the Han people. Our warriors can only die in one way, and that is to sacrifice themselves for the honor of the Great Huns, rather than fighting life and death for the Han people. This is not just my opinion, but also
The common will of all Huns. Therefore, a Chanyu who begs for mercy from the Han people is not qualified to lead us."
Qiangqu Chanyu raised his hand, pointed at Xubu Guduhou tremblingly, and shouted: "My son Yufuluo will not let you go, and the Han Kingdom will not let you go."
Xubu Guduhou said coldly: "Kill him."
There were several bang-bang sounds on the strings, and Qiang Qu Shanyu's body was covered with arrow feathers, and he fell crookedly on the throne, with an angry look on his face, and his eyes were closed to death.
Finally the Huns were dragged into the water.
Dong Qi'er, Shi Hu, and Lu Naduo, the leaders of the Tu clan, secretly looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Gai Jungai Shehu's appointment as the envoy of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General put too much pressure on them.
It is difficult to compete. The Huns with 200,000 tribesmen and 50,000 line-controlling men are undoubtedly good helpers.
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Gai Jun led his army from Hedong County northward to Bingzhou Xihe County. Passing by Lishi, the government seat, he saw thousands of people hurriedly leaving the city and heading east. Gai Jun asked people to ask what was going on. Soon, the soldiers led
Several officials came. Gai Jun was startled. The leader was more than seven feet tall and handsome. Who could he be if he wasn't Cui Lie's son Cui Jun?
Gai Jun dismounted and asked, "Brother Cui, why are you here?"
Cui Jun smiled bitterly and said: "Jun Xingfu was killed at the end of last year, and I succeeded him as the prefect of Lishi."
"..." Gai Jun was speechless and looked at Cui Jun. This guy was wearing a wide robe and a green scarf. He was dressed like a famous person in the capital, not like a general from the patriarch's side.
Cui Jun lowered his head to look at his outfit and felt something was wrong, "I have just arrived and it's not time to change." Then he said sternly: "Don't gossip, the Huns have rebelled."
Gai Jun raised his eyebrows slightly, but his face showed no reaction to Cui Jun's words.
Cui Junsu said: "It's true. Xubu Guduhou joined forces to massacre everyone, attacked and killed the Qiangqu Chanyu, and established himself as a Chanyu. I am about to lead the people to escape to Taiyuan."
Gai Jun laughed angrily and said: "Haha, I just came out as an envoy to the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu gave me a blow?"
"The Tuge and Xiongnu forces, with more than 100,000 horses, are unstoppable. You'd better go to Jinyang with me."
Gai Jun was not stupid enough to fight with 20,000 people and more than 100,000 horsemen, so he nodded in agreement.
With the addition of 20,000 cavalry, the people of Xihe were not as panicked and confused as before. When they heard that the general was the famous Han general Gai Jun, they felt more at ease. More than ten days later, they arrived at Jinyang, the seat of Taiyuan, 500 miles away. When Gai Jun was a boy
When I was escorting my father-in-law Cai Yong to Shuofang, I passed by Jinyang, Taiyuan. It was a unique experience to visit my old place.
When they learned that General Gai Jun had come with 20,000 soldiers, Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, led the civil and military forces of Bingzhou out of the city to greet them.
Ding Yuan, whose courtesy name is Jianyang, is in his forties and about to turn fifty. He is more than seven feet long, has a strong torso and a rugged appearance. He is from Taishan, Yanzhou. Taishan is known as "the county connects the mountains and the sea" and "Taishan is dangerous". The people are many and healthy, and they are good.
Martial arts training and noble strength have been the place to produce elite soldiers since ancient times. Of course, there are also unruly people who are similar to Danyang, which makes the Han Dynasty both loved and troubled. Ding Yuan Shao was a county official and was famous for his martial arts. He defeated all the people in Mount Tai.
The thief was frightened by the news, but he was still well-known. Later he participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Because he was responsible for the Qingxu direction, he had never met Gai Jun. It is said that he, like Dong Zhuo, was an old official of the Yuan family.
"Ding Shijun, I have admired you for a long time, I have admired you for a long time..."
Ding Yuan looked at the 20,000 horsemen behind Gai Jun, and nodded secretly. Not to mention the fierce murderous aura emanating from his army, they looked like elites from hundreds of battles. It would be extremely difficult for Bingzhou to produce such a large sum of 30,000 horses alone. Ding Yuan
He took Gai Jun's hand and said in a joking tone: "I look forward to the stars and the moon for your lord, and today I finally look forward to your lord." This is true. In November last year, Tu everyone attacked and killed Zhang, the governor of Bingzhou.
Yi, he was appointed as the new governor, and Gai Jun was appointed at about the same time as him. It was already late January, and he had been waiting for almost three months.
"Your words are serious."
"This is General Geng..." Ding Yuan introduced to Gai Jun a man who was nearly fifty years old. General, in charge of conquests, a general in the Eastern Han Dynasty except for the capital, a hussar general, a chariot general, and a guard general.
, except for the four generals on the front, right, left and back, most generals are appointed during the war and are revoked after the war. Only General Du Liao is the permanent one.
General Du Liao was based in Wuyuan County, reaching Xianbei in the north, seizing Wuhuan in the east, supervising Tuge in the west, and Anbu Xiongnu in the south. He was the highest military officer in the north of the Han Dynasty. Gai Jun, the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, was under his command.
"Geng? Fufeng Geng..." Gai Jun's face was a little gloomy. He knew that Geng had no good intentions in recommending him to make the Xiongnu Zhonglang general peaceful. No, as soon as he came, he arranged for one of his own members to be the generals of the Liao Dynasty. "Teacher, what are you doing?
What the hell? Why would you put such a person on my head..."
General Du Liao's surname was Geng Minzhi, and he looked at Gai Jun with the same unkind expression, because Geng Bi was his nephew.
Ding Yuan knew Gai and had a grudge against him. Not long ago, he received a letter from Yuan Shao, asking him to mediate and avoid discord between the generals. Ding Yuan disrupted the strange atmosphere by saying, "This is the Prince of Taiyuan Weifu..."
Not only is Wei Jin, the prefect of Taiyuan, Du Zan, the prefect of Wuyuan, Le He, the prefect of Yunzhong, Dong Yuan, the prefect of Shuofang, and Liu Min, the prefect of Shangjun, they either lost their land and fled to Jinyang, or they were recently appointed by the imperial court, but they have no power.
After all, the jurisdiction of these people is in the north. Now that the Hu people are rebelling, and there are not thousands of soldiers accompanying them, it is no different than committing suicide.
Counting Cui Jun, the prefect of Xihe, there are as many as six prefects of the nine counties of Bingzhou in Jinyang, which shows how bad the situation of Bingzhou is. At present, the only counties that the imperial court can control are Dingxiang, Yanmen, Taiyuan, and Shangdang. Fortunately,
These four counties, especially the last three counties, are the essence of Bingzhou, accounting for 80% of the total population of Bingzhou.
Gai Jun exchanged a few words with everyone, and then Ding Yuan and others introduced his generals.
Gai Yin, Guan Yu, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Gai Guan, and Huang Zhong were the six generals. The first five followed Gai Jun early in the morning, especially Gai Yin, Guan Yu, and Pang De. Zhang Xiu and Gai Guan were not inferior.
Shao Huang Zhong was originally an unknown person, but in the battle of Longxi, he fought with 5,000 lone troops among 100,000 rebels, and killed two generals, Yan He and Ma Wan, and he became known to the world.