Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

But what you need to know is that the Xiongnu at this moment is actually just one of the many nomadic peoples in the north of Zhao State. North Korea's Xiongnu Empire on a par.

As a time traveler, it is of course impossible for Zhao Dan to know nothing about the Huns. In fact, Zhao Dan was very concerned about the Huns, and ordered Miao Xian to find ways to collect information about the Huns many times.

According to Zhao Guo's intelligence and judgment over the years, the current population of the Xiongnu headquarters is about 20. According to simple calculations, there are about 10 men, and the number of young and strong men is about 5.

And now the two Huns cavalry that appeared in the territory of Zhao State have exceeded 4, and may even reach [-]!

With such a scale, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a crowd.

If Zhao Dan's fused memory is correct, the last time there was such a large-scale cavalry invasion from the Hun headquarters was at least ten years ago.

It's really not the right time!

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

"Pass the widow's order to order the county captains of Wuyuan and Jiuyuan to dispatch elite soldiers to support Yunzhong County!"

"Let the lieutenants of Dai County and Zhongshan County dispatch elite soldiers to support Yanmen County!"

"Order Pang Yuan to immediately lead the cavalry of Huben and Yulin to go north to support Yanmen and Yunzhong counties!"

"Then order the county guards of Yunzhong and Yanmen counties to stand by and wait for help!"

Lian Po on the side was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, old minister, please go to fight the Huns!"

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said to Lian Po: "General, the Huns have only [-] soldiers and horses. Although they are a threat, they are not considered a serious 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 still agreed: "Wei."

After all the arrangements were made, all the ministers of Zhao State got up and left the table one after another, and walked quickly towards the outside of the hall.

Zhao Dan looked at the figures of the ministers leaving, and an inexplicable emotion quietly floated in his heart.

The Xiongnu, this famous tribe, is finally going to fight against the widows!

Chapter 2 Destroy this beacon tower! (fourth more)

When Zhao Dan and the ministers of Zhao State were still dispatching troops and generals in Handan City, the northern border of Zhao State, thousands of miles away, was already full of wolf smoke.

Somewhere on the east side of the Yinshan Mountains.

Teams of Xiongnu cavalry passed through the Great Wall of Zhao State, ignoring the beacon fires lit on the beacon, and rushed all the way to the south.

The autumn prairie is just right for the cavalry to gallop. The Hun cavalry roared happily with their bows and arrows in their hands. Countless horseshoes rolled up smoke and dust on the ground, covering the sky and the sun, which was daunting.

These Huns have big heads, strong bodies, long and powerful arms, but short legs and feet, sunken eye sockets, flat noses, curly and dirty hair on their heads, and straight-breasted leather jackets on their upper bodies. Short clothes, crotch-fitting leather pants, a leather cap on top of the head, leather boots on the feet, standard nomadic appearance and dress.

Leading this cavalry team of nearly a thousand people was a Hun commander. While galloping his horse, the commander shouted at a Hun centurion beside him: "Take your centurion, and take that Bring me the unsightly beacon tower!"

What the commander pointed at was the beacon tower that the Hun cavalry had just passed by.

The centurion of the Xiongnu responded, and directly led dozens of cavalry to separate from the queue, and headed towards the beacon tower that was still billowing thick smoke not far away.

Wangshan ran dead horses, even though the beacon tower on the Great Wall seemed to be in front of him, the centurion and his subordinates still galloped for more than a quarter of an hour before arriving at the foot of the mountain where the beacon tower was.

At the order of the centurion, many Huns cavalry jumped off their horses, leaving only a few guards on the mountain, and the rest drew their swords from their waists, and swarmed towards the mountain.

On this mountain in front of the Huns, the zigzagging Great Wall of Zhao stands proudly, like a giant dragon stretching across the entire northern border of Zhao State. small feeling.

However, Zhao's northern border is too long. Even with a miraculous line of defense like the Great Wall, it can't stop the Huns from going south.

A group of Huns were laughing and climbing the mountain, which was a very new experience for them.

The mountain was not too high, so after another quarter of an hour, the Huns cavalry approached the beacon tower.

"Kill!" Dozens of Xiongnu cavalry shouted and rushed into the beacon tower with their swords raised.

However, to the disappointment of these Huns cavalry, there was no one in the beacon tower.

But judging from everything messy in the beacon tower, it is obvious that the soldiers of the Zhao army stationed here retreated in a hurry.

A few more Hun cavalry rushed to the top of the beacon tower, but there was nothing but a pile of firewood emitting thick smoke.

"Centurion, the Zhao people have all run away!"

"A native of Zhao who is afraid of death!" The centurion of the Xiongnu was very upset. He kicked the wooden table in front of him away, screamed in pain, jumped on the ground a few times before recovering, almost fell down.

Seeing his subordinates who were all holding back their laughter, the centurion didn't let out a breath, he went up and kicked several subordinates fiercely: "Laugh, laugh again!"

After finally venting his anger, the centurion of the Xiongnu took a look at the many decorations in front of him, and a hideous look flashed in his eyes: "The people of Zhao State thought it was over if they ran away? Set a fire and burn this place down!"

A moment later, a billowing smoke and flames engulfed the beacon tower.

The centurion led his subordinates out of the beacon tower cursingly, and walked down the mountain.

Someone asked: "Centurion, why don't you search around? Those Zhao people must not be far away."

The centurion glared angrily at the subordinate who came up with this idea: "Fuck you! What do you mean by the lives of a few Zhao people? If you don't catch up with the big army soon, the livestock, food and women you will grab will not be as good as ours." How do you survive the winter?"

As soon as winter was mentioned, almost all the Huns unanimously accelerated their pace down the mountain.

In fact, the reason why the Huns went south this time was because of this damned Master Dong.

In the winter of 260 BC, when Qin and Zhao were fighting fiercely in Changping, the nomads on the northern desert plateau also ushered in the most difficult winter in the past ten years.

Last winter's temperature was colder than ever before, and a large number of Huns' livestock and population died of freezing and starvation under the ravages of severe cold.

This had a great impact on the lives of the Huns this year.

In order to restore vitality, going south to plunder is a direct and necessary choice. Don't forget that on the plateau, Donghu, Linhu, and even the mortal enemy of the Huns, the Yuezhi, are all staring at them.

Under such circumstances, the Xiongnu Xiuli Shan made the decision to go south with the whole army.

In fact, the thousand-man team that the centurion belongs to is already the last batch of Huns to go south. Before them, thousands of Huns have already invaded Zhao from different parts of the Great Wall defense line. Burned, killed and looted.

According to Huli Shanyu's order, each army can freely plunder for seven days after going south, and must gather with the main army after seven days.

Under such circumstances, every minute and every second is very precious to these Hun soldiers, and naturally they don't have time to do any big manhunts.

Due to the delay of almost half an hour, the hundreds of Hun cavalry led by the commander-in-chief had already gone away and disappeared beyond the horizon.

Although he returned in vain, when he went down the mountain, the centurion of the Xiongnu turned his head to look at the beacon tower that was completely covered by the flames, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of destruction in his heart.

The foot of the mountain was in sight, and the group of Huns were only two or three hundred steps away from their horses.

At this time, a dense sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded.

The Huns cavalry subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound of horseshoes, and then their faces changed wildly.