Long live the general

When Hu Yanqieche walked into the tent, the cold autumn wind followed him in, and the dim candlelight flickered slightly, causing Huyanqieche's shadow to tremble slightly.

When he lowered his tent, he was cut off from the night and cold outside. He could smell the lingering smell of wine in the tent. Junchen Lan was drinking. It was not strong wine from the grassland, but sweet rice wine from the Central Plains.

Military minister Lan saw Hu Yanqie coming in, nodded to him, motioned to come over, and said, "Come and taste Chang'an's rice bar."

Hu Yanqieche put the dagger on the table and drank a bowl of rice wine unceremoniously. He shook his head: "It's too sweet, this wine has no taste at all."

Army minister Lan laughed loudly: "But Zhuanquyan family likes it very much!"

Military minister Lan is the youngest son of Shanyu, a military minister of the Huns. He was tall and mighty, with a thick hat on his head, drooping ears, and a gray-brown fur covering his body. The fur collar covered half of his face. , wearing a fierce dagger on his waist.When the military official Lan mentioned Zhuan Quyan, he had a relaxed smile on his face, and he threw the wine tray on the wooden table. He looked to the far east and said, "Sooner or later, I will lead a hundred thousand The good man with the big Hu came to Chang'an, and gave her all the rice wine and silk..."

Hu Yan and Che smiled, Junchen Lan was in high spirits, they came from the Beiluo Plateau, merged with many nomadic tribes, and finally became the most powerful and most extensive nomadic tribe on this grassland.

They are called the Xiongnu by the Dayue Kingdom. Every autumn and winter, when the resources on the grassland are scarce, they rush into the peaceful and peaceful Dayue Kingdom, plundering food and women arrogantly.

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Just ten years ago, Shanyu, the current military official of the Xiongnu, defeated other surrounding tribes, and the entire grassland and desert belonged to the Xiongnu military minister dynasty.And in the past ten years, Dayue Kingdom has paid tribute to the Huns every year.Junchen Lan was born in such an environment, and he regarded the rich and beautiful Dayue Kingdom in the east as his own since he was a child.

He has a high fighting spirit, but he grew up drawing bows and archery on horseback. He has killed many Yue people. Those troops with heavy shields and slow responses are vulnerable to a single blow in his eyes.

Hu Yanqieche is over 40 years old this year. He is a close minister next to Junchen Shanyu.

Hu Yanqie put down the wine in the car: "I just got the news from the informant that the King of Dayue Kingdom has been seriously ill for a long time, and he won't survive this winter."

Army minister Lan raised his leg and said with a smile, "Maybe I'm going to die in Autumn."

Hu Yan and Che were noncommittal, and continued: "Dayue has seven princes, the prince was abolished in the early years, and the remaining few have been fighting for the throne in recent years. However, according to the informant, the emperor seems to like the youngest seven princes. Township."

He thought to himself, the seventh prince was one year younger than Junchen Lan, but he hadn't heard much about Zhou Zhenyan before, and the other princes were well-known idiots, not great talents.

However, such a weak Emperor Da Yue would not be able to give birth to any powerful sons.

"God bless me!" Military minister Lan said: "The Seventh Prince is the youngest, and the throne must not be easy to get. The situation in Da Yue is chaotic, so we will drive straight in, and we will go straight to Chang'an."

His eyes shone brightly, and he said excitedly, "This autumn, I will lead the army to attack from Hexibian County, and let the big Hu heroes spend the winter in Chang'an!"

Of course Hu Yanqieche would not be the one to throw cold water on him, so he looked at Junchen Lan with a smile.

Although Dai Viet is weak, after decades, Da Hu is still unable to occupy any border town in Dai Viet... Of course there is a reason for this.

"We can send out troops tomorrow." Military officer Lan had already made preparations. He suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, who is the governor of Hexibian County?"

Hu Yan and Che pondered for a moment, then slowly spit out two words:

——"Huo Yi."

Huo Yi sat up suddenly from the cold wooden floor, took a deep breath of cold air, his heart was beating violently, his chest was still burning hot, as if the fire in his dream had been burning all over his body.

He sat in the frost and cold at the end of autumn for a while before he remembered who he was and where he was.

He looked at the book case in front of him and the pile of documents. Recently, a big case was solved in the border county, involving a lot of things.Coupled with the recent chaos in Chang'an, all kinds of news are mixed with true and false, and the forces of all parties are ready to move. As the governor of Xihebian County, he has to handle these affairs carefully.When he was so busy last night, he couldn't hold on anymore, so he fell down and slept for a while.

The sheriff is the highest officer in a county, responsible for governing the people, promoting talents, adjudicating lawsuits, prosecuting traitors, and border defense.For Huo Yi, he had to deal with all the affairs in Xihebian County every day, he also had to pay attention to the movements in Chang'an, and he often dealt with colleagues in other sub-counties.The most important thing is that Hexibian County is located in the westernmost part of the Dayue Empire, the front line of fighting the Huns. He must use all his strength to keep the Xiongnu out of Hexibian County.

Huo Yi put on a black robe for himself. Huo Xiaoman who was outside heard the movement, opened the door and walked in, blinking his eyes and asked, "Why did the Patriarch get up so early today? It's not yet dawn."

Not only was it still dark, he had actually just lay down for more than an hour, but Huo Yi couldn't fall asleep after waking up.He responded vaguely and rubbed the center of his eyebrows.

Huo Xiaoman lit the candle, and the soft light instantly illuminated the whole house.Huo Yi squinted his eyes, saw the complicated official documents piled up on the table at a glance, and felt a splitting headache again.

No, if this continues, I will die of exhaustion in the study.

This kind of days of sleeping with clothes in the study has lasted for half a month, and Huo Yi didn't want to see those official documents again.He waved his hand, and Huo Xiaoman came up cleverly, after serving him to wash up, he asked, "Does the master want to eat something?"

"Get some." Huo Yi said, "I'll go out and have a look."

Huo Xiaoman thought to himself that it's pitch black outside now, he can't see anything clearly, and he doesn't know what to see.He is a valet named by the Patriarch, and also Huo Yi's right-hand man in battle. He has followed Huo Yi since he was a child, knowing that the Patriarch has his own reasons for doing things, so he put a cloak with a fur collar on Huo Yi, and went to the kitchen get ready.

Huo Yi pushed open the door, and the cold wind suddenly blew over. Xihebian County has always been dry and cold, but now the weather is getting colder and colder, and the breath is yellow and sandy, cold and dry.The outline of Mount Guluo in the distance is hidden in the darkness, and there are a few twinkling stars in the sky.Huo Yi finally woke up. He stared at the vast yellow sand outside Xihebian County, feeling nervous for no reason.

In autumn and winter, when resources were scarce on the grassland, the Xiongnu came to Xihebian County almost every day on horseback, with bows, arrows and long knives.Huo Yi had the final say, it was almost time to meet them.

This autumn is extremely cold.

Because of the uneasiness in his heart, Huo Yi walked quickly to the stable. There were three horses in the stable, but the most eye-catching one was the tall and beautiful adult Wusun horse in the middle.It has blood-red hooves, a tall body, and gorgeous black hair flowing with a strange luster in the darkness.

This horse was given to him by Huo Yi's father, and Huo Yi named it Hongyan.

Hongyan has four blood-red hooves, a handsome long neck, a slightly narrow chest, and hind legs like knives.When it ran, the black figure leaped in the air like a bolt of lightning, only the four hooves left red marks, like fleeting smoke in the air.

Seeing him, Hong Yan leaned her head over and rubbed his face.Huo Yi fed horse grass to Hongyan.He originally wanted to ride a horse to some beacons to inquire about the defense situation, but it was still dark at this time. After thinking about it, he gave up the idea and decided to take a look by himself.

The city wall outside Xihebian County is ten feet high, and Xihebian County is mostly yellow sand, which makes it difficult to build a city wall, so they mixed red willow, Achnatherum splendens and other plants into it.At this time, there were still many scattered rammed earth beside the city wall. Huo Yi had been preparing to rebuild the city wall. For this reason, he adjusted the taxation and financial situation in Xihebian County many times, and asked Chang'an for money over and over again.When the guards are not practicing, they basically do some chores such as farming, transporting goods, and building the city wall... As long as the city wall is repaired and equipped with a strict security and defense system, his work will be much easier.

There is no problem with the beacon in the distance, and the soldiers on the city wall are also on duty diligently.When Huo Yi passed by, the soldiers saluted him respectfully.

Huo Yi called the captain guarding the city and asked about the recent situation.In the past month, he has been busy with affairs in the frontier county and dealing with the news from Chang'an, so he has never visited the city wall.

The captain's surname is Zhang, and he knows Huo Yi's behavior quite well, so it's not surprising that he appeared on the city wall in the middle of the night.Captain Zhang reported the situation this month in detail. Logically speaking, the Xiongnu had already invaded several rounds this season, but this autumn, they hadn't seen that group of unscrupulous horse robbers yet.

This is not good news.

Huo Yi's eyebrows jumped up, and he whispered to strengthen the defense from now on, send more sentries to scout the enemy's situation, guard the beacon carefully, and strengthen the training of soldiers on archery and horseback riding.

If there is any trouble, everyone must immediately retreat into the camp and stick to it!

Captain Zhang: "..."

He knew this was the case. Huo Yi had been the county guard for eight years. Captain Zhang was just an ordinary pawn. Later, because of his bravery in combat and calm personality, Huo Yi was promoted step by step to the position of captain.

But after that, he rarely had the chance to fight again!

Because as long as the Huns attack, Huo Yi will immediately order the troops to retreat into the camp, and then they will stick to it endlessly.In the past eight years, Captain Zhang has never seen the Huo Yi County Guard order to go out of the city to fight back.

For ten years, even decades, the Xiongnu rode horses and wielded knives, trampled on fertile land, plundered property, and ran amok, which made every citizen of Dai Viet feel pain and anger!

A group of warriors like them who are eager to make contributions and cut off the heads of the Huns have already held their breath!

Captain Zhang thought of this, summoned up his courage and said, "Governor, we are ready to go out of the city to fight a battle, and we will be ashamed. As long as the governor gives an order..."

"No." Huo Yi said blankly, "The time has not come yet."

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