Chapter 631

The setting sun is like blood, the evening glow reflects the mountains red.

As the last ray of light on the horizon disappeared below the horizon.

Zhang Liao put on armor and rested on his spear, followed by three thousand of the most elite Flying Bear Army!

Before heading to Yanmen Commandery to resist Poor Huchuquan, Gu Yi gave Zhang Liao fifty thousand soldiers.

And among them, it also included the ace unit of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Flying Bear Army!

As everyone knows.

Gu Yi had two major cavalry units under his command.

They were the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

But within the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, there was also an extremely fierce "Flying Bear Army."

To become a member of the Flying Bear Army, the first step is to become a Xiliang Iron Cavalryman.

Every Xiliang Iron Cavalryman is an elite selected from ordinary soldiers.

And the Flying Bear Army is equivalent to selecting the elite of the elites from the Xiliang Iron Cavalry again!

When Gu Yi pacified Liangzhou, the ace cavalry he carried was precisely the Flying Bear Army.

In front of the Flying Bear Army, Han Sui's army formation was torn open by force, and finally fell into defeat. (For details, see Chapter 79)

And now.

The three thousand Flying Bear Army soldiers Gu Yi gave to Zhang Liao also came in very useful.

Poor Huchuquan was determined to take Yanmen Commandery.

Therefore, this time he not only brought one hundred thousand Southern Xiongnu cavalry south, but also called on other small tribal cavalry dominated by the Southern Xiongnu to come and assist in the battle.

That is to say.

The number of enemy troops outside Yanmen Pass was roughly around one hundred and thirty to one hundred and forty thousand.

This number can be said to be quite terrifying.

However.

With the cooperation of Seeing Xun You and Zhang Liao.

Never mind these one hundred and thirty or forty thousand cavalry, even if the number were larger, they would have no way to deal with Yanmen Pass in the short term.

But Zhang Liao and Seeing Xun You's task was not just to block the Southern Xiongnu.

As the saying goes.

Offense is the best defense.

Zhang Liao, such a fierce man who excels at surprise attacks, what does it look like to fight a defensive battle here? (Sun Shiwan:???)

Therefore.

Seeing Xun You planned a plan to raid and kill Poor Huchuquan.

For several grassland foreign tribes, perhaps the thing they like to do most in their daily lives is to lead troops south to plunder wantonly.

And grain is the thing that several grassland foreign tribes like most.

There is no way around it.

Every winter.

Due to climate and temperature.

The pasture on the grassland often dies.

Livestock also die of hunger because they have nothing to eat.

Therefore, for the grassland people, every winter is a torment.

In order to plunder grain, they turned their eyes to the Han people.

Before every winter, groups of grassland people often appear in the border areas.

Plundering population is secondary.

The main purpose is actually always to go south to rob the grain of the Han people.

In a feudal dynasty with low productivity, this contradiction cannot be reconciled.

For the Han people.

If their grain is robbed by the grassland people, it means they can only go hungry.

And for the grassland people.

If they rob more grain, more tribesmen can survive.

To solve this fundamental contradiction, the first method is to increase productivity.

But if productivity is increased, it means the population will also soar.

By then, the grain needed to be consumed will become even more.

This is equivalent to a vicious cycle.

Only by regulating the relationship between grain and population can the vicious cycle be broken.

But this is too time-consuming and laborious.

So, Gu Yi intended to use another more violent and direct method.

Don't the grassland people know how to rob?

Fine! Then I will directly exterminate this group of grassland people!

In this way, all the grassland people will be dead, and naturally no one will go south again to rob the Han people's grain.

And now.

The strategy Seeing Xun You formulated for Zhang Liao was precisely to use the Southern Xiongnu's greed for grain.

Although the season has not yet reached late autumn.

But for the grassland people who lack food, grain is naturally the more the better.

Even Poor Huchuquan, this Great Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu, could not remain indifferent when facing the temptation of a large amount of grain.

Just as Zhang Liao was preparing to lead the three thousand Flying Bear Army soldiers to go on an expedition.

In the Southern Xiongnu camp thirty miles outside Yanmen Pass.

Poor Huchuquan held a sheep-horn cup, listening to his subordinate's report with a face full of surprise.

"What!?"

"The Yellow River water breached the dikes?"

"Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan, and Ta Dun were all defeated, and their life or death is unknown?"

"Plop!"

The sheep-horn cup couldn't be held steady and fell to the ground.

Looking at the shattered sheep-horn cup, Poor Huchuquan felt very distressed.

This was his last sheep-horn cup; once it shattered, it would be out of print.

But compared to the shattered sheep-horn cup.

Poor Huchuquan was now more concerned about whether the defeat of Yuan Shao and the others would have a bad impact on the war here.

"Great King, the main force of the Han army seems to have no intention of advancing here."

"They retreated and returned to Shangdang."

Hearing this, Poor Huchuquan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If the main force of the Han army that was originally fighting Yuan Shao and the others also came to Yanmen Commandery, then Poor Huchuquan would probably be even less able to continue this battle.

Fortunately, this did not happen.

But for Yanmen Pass, which he had been unable to capture for a long time, Poor Huchuquan also felt very tight in his heart.

If he couldn't break through this pass before late autumn arrived.

Then Poor Huchuquan would only be able to lead his army back to the Southern Xiongnu royal court.

This was an unacceptable thing for Poor Huchuquan, who longed to expand his territory and plunder grain.

Just as Poor Huchuquan was racking his brains on how to open up the situation.

Several of his personal guards ran in from outside with joy on their faces, shouting:

"Great King, there is great news coming from the Han army side!"

....... ===== CHAPTER 632 =====