Huhuhu~
The autumn wind is bleak, especially on the grassland.
It is already the seventh day after leaving Yunzhou County.
Huo Qubing did not choose to enter the grassland through Yumen Pass along the route that the Huns came from. There must be an informant left by the Huns there, which would be extremely easy to expose.
His main focus this time was a blitzkrieg, and he had no intention of facing off against the Huns head-on.
Speed and intelligence are what matter.
In order to conceal Huo Qubing, he deliberately made a circle and entered the border of the Xiongnu grassland from the depths of the Tatar grassland.
After consultation, I deliberately found a direction that the bounty group had not gone to and entered the Xiongnu grassland.
After galloping on the Xiongnu grassland for nearly three days, I finally saw traces of human habitation in the distance.
It was a small flock of sheep, and a Huns herdsman was riding a horse to drive the sheep forward.
After the sentry cavalry discovered the Huns, they didn't even need Huo Qubing's orders. The sentry cavalry immediately quietly approached and captured the Hun herdsman back neatly!
"General! Got a tongue!"
The sentry rider quickly brought the captured herdsman to Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing was worried about where to go. When he saw the tongue captured by the sentry rider, his face suddenly showed joy.
However, I saw that even though the Xiongnu herdsman had been captured, he was still shouting and cursing in Xiongnu with a fierce look on his face, with a look of dissatisfaction written on his face.
Huo Qubing immediately waved his hand: "Call Shen Ji!"
"promise!"
After a while, a man wearing black clothes and no armor rushed over on horseback. When he saw Huo Qubing, he immediately raised his hands and asked:
"The last general, Shen Ji, has met the general! I wonder what the general's orders are?"
Huo Qubing raised his riding whip, pointed at the herdsman who was still struggling on the sentry horse and screamed:
"How long will it take for him to calm down?"
Shen Ji looked back and immediately said confidently: "At most half an hour!"
"Okay! I'll leave it to you then. In half an hour, the general will see him answer the general's questions calmly!"
"promise!"
Shen Ji agreed and rode to the side of the sentry horse. He lifted up the tightly tied man with his right hand and headed towards the rear of the army.
After Huo Qubing arranged the surrounding defenses, he temporarily joined the army to rest nearby.
It just so happened that the reason why this man came here was because there was a small lake here, and his sheep and other things were just a tooth sacrifice for the brothers.
Huo Qubing didn't feel any guilt at all for robbing these Xiongnu herdsmen. He came to the Xiongnu grassland this time to take revenge.
The Xiongnu did even more excessive things in the Central Plains. What happened to him and his brothers eating a few sheep?
About half an hour later, Shen Ji came over with the herdsman who was no longer arrogant.
Shen Ji was worthy of being the interrogation expert that Huo Qubing specifically asked the prince to get from the secret guard.
Less than half an hour after the talent was handed over to him, he no longer looked as unruly as before.
His steps were frivolous, as if he had seen something terrible, and he followed Shen Ji back timidly.
"how?"
Huo Qubing asked.
"General, you can ask now. You should not dare to tell lies."
Shen Ji didn't finish his words. After all, the most difficult thing to guess in the world is the human heart.
But he was still somewhat sure that after his own training, this Huns herdsman would not dare to tell lies.
Huo Qubing nodded, picked up the roasted leg of lamb and took a big bite, then turned to ask the herdsman:
"Where is here? Are there any Xiongnu tribes nearby? Which tribe are you from? In which direction is the nearest Xiongnu tribe? How far is it from here?"
The herdsman glanced at Shen Ji blankly, and Shen Ji immediately translated Huo Qubing's five questions in Hun with a fierce look on his face.
The herdsman looked at Shen Ji timidly and then answered in a gibbering tone in Hun language.
Shen Ji immediately acted as a temporary translator and translated the information he told one by one.
"General Huo, he just said that this is the eastern grassland of the Xiongnu, and it is the territory of King Angri of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King.
Due to the lack of water and grass nearby, there are only two medium-sized tribes with less than 5,000 people.
One of these two tribes is called the Netriwu tribe, and the other is called the Mihaeryou tribe.
And he is a herdsman from the Wangriwu tribe. Now that winter is approaching in the grassland, he wants to quickly fatten his sheep before winter comes, so he comes to graze nearby. "
“Then where is this Mihayu tribe?
Where is that Netribu tribe? How far is it? "
Shen Ji immediately translated the question, and the herdsman from the Wangribu tribe visibly hesitated after hearing the question.
But under Shen Ji Xiongnu's gaze, he quickly answered.
Shen Ji translated his answer.
"General, he said Mihayu is half a day's journey to the north, and Wangribu is two days' journey to the west!"
When Huo Qubing heard this, he immediately looked at the herdsman and smiled slightly.
The herdsman subconsciously shrank his neck the moment he looked at Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing didn't say anything more. He stood up and finished the mutton leg in his hands in a few mouthfuls. He then ordered: "Notify the brothers and give them another half an hour to rest. After half an hour, the entire army will set off and head north. Okay, let’s get to work!”
Over there, Shen Ji saw that he had already asked for the information. He was about to kill the herdsman when he was stopped by Huo Qubing. Facing Shen Ji's puzzled gaze, Huo Qubing looked at the herdsman and said with a faint smile:
"Keep him for now, he will be useful later."
Although Shen Ji was puzzled, he stopped his movements and took the herdsman down.
…
Half an hour later, the assault force, led by Huo Qubing, galloped towards the north after resting and replenishing.
The dust was flying along the road trampled by tens of thousands of war horses, raising yellow smoke all over the sky.
In the Mihaeryou tribe thirty miles away.
The leader of the Mihaeryu tribe is discussing the migration of the tribe next year with the cleverest Chehua clan in the tribe.
At the tribal meeting, the Mihaeryu tribe was lucky enough to get a piece of grassland that was considered barren in the entire grassland. This also led to the need for them to move frequently, because the grassland nearby was basically barren. Can't keep them that long.
Seeing that winter is coming, the nearby pastures have been almost depleted after a summer and autumn.
The Mihaeryu tribe will migrate in time before winter comes to new pastures with fertile pasture in the spring of next year.
Only in this way can the herdsmen in the tribe have enough food to thrive in the coming year.
"Headman, the nearby pastures have almost been consumed. If we want to ensure the consumption of the livestock cubs next year, we can only go west. There are only fertile pastures with water and grass.
However, if we move there, we will conflict with the Wangriwu tribe that has been occupying there, and they may not be willing to let us station near them. "
Chehua gave what he thought was the best option at present.
After hearing this, the leader of the Mihaeryou tribe, Zhu Cehua, lowered his head and thought for a while. Just when Chehua thought that the leader wanted to change places, he heard the leader of the Mihaeryu tribe hit the table with a heavy hammer and said firmly:
"Just go west! If you fight, fight! Is it possible that we, Mihaer, are still afraid that they will invade the country and become a tribe?"
Why should we stay in this barren pasture when they can occupy the best pasture nearby? We are all a tribe of about 5,000 people, who is afraid of whom! ? "
The person who met the leader made up his mind, and Chehua didn't reveal the other option he had prepared.
Compared with the Wangriwu tribe, it is not so easy to find trouble with the Tenggefei tribe. After all, it is an upper-to-medium-sized tribe with 7,000 people, which is much stronger than Mihaeryou.
Just as the two were about to continue discussing some details about this migration, the curtain of the yurt was suddenly opened, and a guard hurried in and shouted:
"Headman! Oh no! A large number of cavalry are approaching our tribe!"
Ouch!
Zhu Canghua and Chehua were so surprised that they both stood up!
…
(End of chapter)
