Chapter 1477

Immediately, Guo Jia and Fa Zheng organized the details of the Northern Expedition Army's movements over the past few days and sent them to Xun You.

The serious-looking Xun You immediately lowered his head to flip through them.

After carefully checking several times, Xun You frowned and leaned over the desk to start thinking.

Duan Yu did not disturb Xun You's thoughts and was waiting quietly.

This matter happened very abnormally, and for a moment, Duan Yu could not make heads or tails of it.

The procedure for submitting this report was directly reversed; such a low-level mistake was not something Jia Xu and the others would make.

Unless Jia Xu, Li Ru, and Cheng Yu rebelled at the same time as the Xiongnu, there would be no such possibility.

But for them to rebel with the Xiongnu, this matter itself was impossible.

A moment later, Xun You slowly raised his head.

"My King, the subordinate has guessed a little." Xun You said.

"Gongda, speak."

In terms of martial strength, Duan Yu considered himself unrivaled in this world.

But in terms of brains, the so-called foresight of historical trends was a joke in front of these true top-tier strategists; it was worth nothing.

For every subtle change in war, these top-tier strategists would immediately make corresponding adjustments.

For some historical-scale major battles and major events, as long as there was the slightest change, these people would immediately react.

This was a top-tier strategist.

Duan Yu naturally knew where his weaknesses lay, which was why he would leave things he was not good at to those who were best at them.

"My King, assuming the Southern Xiongnu have really rebelled, then what is the most urgent and most important thing for the Southern Xiongnu to do now?" Xun You analyzed: "Previously, Chanyu Qiangqu's report had his son Yufuluo lead 20,000 troops east to the Tanhanshan area to intercept the Xianbei."

"And the letter from Luoyang a few days ago indicated that the Luoyang imperial court did indeed unite with the Xianbei."

Several years ago, Duan Yu burned Tanhanshan and shot and killed Kuitou, who was Budugen's older brother.

It was very reasonable for the Xianbei to want revenge.

And the Luoyang imperial court was in urgent need of troops now, so it was not strange for them to unite with the Xianbei.

"The secret letter from the Military Intelligence Department states that the rebellion was caused by Yufuluo. Since Yufuluo left the Xianbei alone, it is highly likely that he has already united with the Xianbei."

When chasing Wang Rou back then, Duan Yu broke one of Yufuluo's legs at Daqingshan.

"In these years, Chanyu Qiangqu's second son, Huchuquan, has been by the King's side and is relatively close to the King. It is not strange that the struggle for the Xiongnu Chanyu occurred between the two brothers. The subordinate estimates that there are two reasons for Yufuluo's rebellion: one is because of the personal grudge with the King back then, and the other is because of the struggle for the Chanyu position."

"Yufuluo came to Chanyu Qiangqu alone. After he holds hostage or kills Chanyu Qiangqu, the first thing he should do is to join forces with the 20,000 Xiongnu troops he leads and the Xianbei army."

Xun You said while pointing his hand to a point on the map.

Pingcheng Pass.

Outside Pingcheng Pass, crossing the Yinshan Mountains is the Xianbei's Tanhanshan.

If Yufuluo went east to Tanhanshan, then the final location of the army should also be Tanhanshan.

"If following the previously specified plan, the Northern Expedition Army should be reorganizing and preparing to go to Jizhou after capturing Taiyuan Commandery."

"But now the direction of the Northern Expedition Army is moving north. The report says it is to clear the remaining cities and stabilize Taiyuan Commandery."

"The subordinate feels... it might not be like this."

Duan Yu frowned and interrupted Xun You.

Xun You's finger, which had landed on Pingcheng Pass, began to move slowly toward the Mayi Great Plain below.

As his finger moved, Xun You spoke again: "From Pingcheng Pass, the road all the way back is the Mayi Great Plain. With the Xiongnu's strength, even if it is 40,000 cavalry, plus the Xianbei, it might be nearly 100,000 cavalry."

"If this force enters Bingzhou, it will change the entire war situation."

100,000 cavalry.

Duan Yu also frowned tightly when he heard this number.

What kind of concept is 100,000 cavalry?

Most people in their entire lives have never seen what a scene looks like when 10,000 people gather together.

But there is a saying, when there are over 10,000 people, they form a sea of heads.

When 10,000 people stand together, you cannot see the end from a level perspective.

In such a vast land as Bingzhou, there is only a population of over 600,000.

"If I were Budugen and Yufuluo, I would definitely not go head-to-head with the King." Xun You said: "I would follow the Mayi Plain, and then let the cavalry under my command break into small units, dividing into a dozen or more groups, or even more, to plunder everywhere."

"Using the speed advantage and numerical advantage of the cavalry to plunder the entire Bingzhou."

"Although the cavalry led by the King is unrivaled, if they only plunder and kill, the King cannot be in two places at once, and it will be very difficult to pursue them."

"In this way, as long as they stay in Bingzhou long enough, the King will have no chance to attack Jizhou, Youzhou, or even Yizhou and Luoyang, and can only find a way to drive the Xiongnu and Xianbei out of the country first."

"But this is very difficult."

"Unless all the Liangzhou troops are mobilized to squeeze the activity space of the Xiongnu and Xianbei cavalry bit by bit, and then drive them out of the country."

"But even so, it is difficult to reach the level of wiping them out, and in the end, we can only let them run back to the Mobei grasslands."

Duan Yu nodded, acknowledging Xun You's statement.

The Xiongnu and the Great Han have fought for four hundred years and have never been wiped out.

The Xiongnu may perish, but there are still rising tribes like the Xianbei on the grasslands, and the later Tujue, and the later Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Meng were all like this.

"The subordinate guesses that Wenhe and the others must have received the news of the Xiongnu rebellion at the first moment, and..."

When he said this, Xun You paused and said: "Wenhe and the others must have found a strategy to wipe out the enemy, thus quickly mobilizing troops to move north."

Jia Xu, Li Ru, and Cheng Yu, these three people are together.

To say they could come up with a strategy to wipe out the enemy, this could also be considered normal.

But they have a strategy to wipe out the enemy; why didn't they report it?

This was what Duan Yu found strange.

"The King must be wondering, wondering why Wenhe and the others did not report it, right?" Xun You said.

Duan Yu nodded: "Indeed, since there is already a strategy to wipe out the enemy, why not report it?"

Guo Jia and Fa Zheng beside Duan Yu were both listening carefully.

"The subordinate estimates that the problem lies in this strategy to wipe out the enemy."

"If the subordinate were to choose a targeted strategy to wipe out the enemy, wanting to use the smallest cost to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the Xiongnu and Xianbei at the fastest speed, there is only one way: lure the enemy..."

Lure the enemy?

Duan Yu frowned strangely: "How to lure the enemy?"

"My King, once the Xiongnu and Xianbei divide their forces, there will be endless trouble."

"Therefore, the best way is to gather and annihilate them."

"And since we want to lure the enemy and gather and annihilate them... we must have fragrant bait..."

"Wenyou... Wenhe and Zhongde's thoughts, the subordinate has guessed a little. The reason they did not report it is that they are worried the King might not allow them to do so, and they also do not want the King to be stained with a bad reputation..."

Xun You had already spoken to this extent, and Duan Yu naturally understood the meaning within it.

The problem lay in luring the enemy and the fragrant bait.

"My King, after the Mayi Plain, it is the seat of Yanmen Commandery, Mayi..."

Yanmen Commandery, Mayi County.

At this time, dusk was approaching, and outside Mayi County, a force of about five hundred people was slowly entering from the North Gate of Mayi County.

Cheng Yu, who was leading, rode on his horse and stepped into Mayi County with a determined face.