Huan Wen led the Han army to attack the Southern Barbarians, but was blocked by the Xianbei people coming from the northwest. The two sides fought fiercely, and Huan Wen was defeated and withdrew his troops.

In this battle with the Xianbei people, the Xianbei people used cavalry to defeat the most powerful shield and chariot formation in Huan Wen's army, and killed many soldiers, causing Huan Wen to suffer heavy losses and finally retreated to Xiangyang City to rest.

"General, we have won three consecutive victories. What should we do now?" the deputy asked anxiously.

"Continue to fight, just keep guarding Xiangyang." Huan Wen said calmly.

"But we are now seriously short of food and grass. According to the news from the past few days, we are almost unable to eat now." The deputy said worriedly.

When Huan Wen heard his adjutant say this, he suddenly became worse. After he was silent for a long time, he slowly spoke: "I know, I know what you mean, but we must not give up on Xiangyang."

When the adjutant saw Huan Wen's gloomy face, he immediately fell silent and did not dare to continue talking.

"Okay, keep this secret in advance. I will handle it after the war is over." Huan Wendan ordered.

"Yes, my subordinates obey the order." The adjutant said respectfully.

Then Huan Wen fell into deep thought, thinking about how to win, after all, his current food was almost impossible to hold on.

"Report!" A scout rode a horse to Huan Wen.

"Say." Huan Wen said calmly.

The scout cavalry reported: "Lord, news came from the west that the Huns had captured the city of Wuwei County."

"What!" Hearing the scout's report, Huan Wen, who was originally calm, stood up suddenly. He stared at the scout's cavalry with wide eyes, as if he wanted to confirm what he had just said.

"You have reported to the lord, this is a written letter from the Hun spies. It has been verified and all the statements in the letter are true." The scout said.

"Hahahaha!" Suddenly Huan Wen laughed wildly. "I really have God bless me, and God bless you!"

Then Huan Wen picked up the letter sent by the Huns and looked it carefully. The more he looked back, Huan Wen became more excited and happier. He had even forgotten the bad news brought by the scout just now. Now he was full of the news that the Huns occupied Wuwei County City.

"That's great. The Huns occupied the Wuwei County City. My great man can finally breathe a sigh of relief, haha!" Huan Wen shouted excitedly.

After hearing this, the other deputy showed a grin of relief. They have been following Huan Wen for many years and hope that the Han Dynasty can restore its orthodoxy. Now that there is such an opportunity in front of them, how can they miss it?

"Come, call the generals, I have an emergency military announcement." Huan Wen shouted loudly.

"The last one will follow the order."

After a while, all the generals gathered in the conference hall, and they all wondered what Huan Wen was looking for him and others for.

"Everyone, I want to tell you a good news. Wuwei County was taken away by the Huns, and the Huns would not return to Xiliang in a short period of time, so I decided to take this opportunity to send a large army to retake Wuwei County. At the same time, I am going to notify Emperor Liu Yu of this matter and let him do this." Huan Wen said.

All the generals were shocked when they heard this news. Although they had known that Wuwei County was lost for a long time, they were still very shocked to have been confirmed now.

"Your Majesty, do you want to fight in person?" Xu Shu asked.

The other generals looked at Huan Wen one after another, and they also wanted to know Huan Wen’s answer.

Huan Wen shook his head: "No, I am in poor health now, and I'm afraid I'm not suitable for going to war again."

The other generals were a little depressed when they heard this.

At this time, Huan Wen continued: "I will send my chief and guards to participate in this battle, and will also dispatch 5,000 troops."

After hearing Huan Wen's arrangement, the generals understood that Huan Wen wanted to use the Chief Secretary and the Guards to block the Huns outside the Wuwei County City. In this way, even if the Huns occupied Wuwei, they would not dare to act rashly.

"Since Your Majesty makes such arrangements, we will die as a result." Xu Shu and others clasped their fists to express their willingness to obey Huan Wen's orders.

Then Huan Wen said to everyone: "Now our army is in short supply of food and grass, and we need to replenish food and grass, so I plan to form a transportation team to transport food and grass specifically and be responsible for assisting with transportation. At the same time, I will send cavalry to escort food and grass to Wuwei County."

"Yes." The generals clasped their fists and said.

Then Huan Wen said, "Okay, let's scatter the court now."

After the court dispersed, everyone left, leaving Huan Wen alone sitting in the hall, with a smile still on his face.

"Your Majesty, do you think this matter is true? If so, then we will be in trouble this time." Feng Gong said to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu sighed and said, "I guess it's true, but the Huns' targets are definitely not just Wuwei, so they will not directly attack our Guanzhong hinterland now."

"Your Majesty, then do we need to take countermeasures, such as sending reinforcements?" Feng Gong asked.

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "No need for the time being. We do not have the conditions to counter the enemy yet. The only thing we have to do is to defend Guanzhong."

After hearing this, Feng Gong nodded in agreement. Now the Han Dynasty is surrounded by enemies, and if he fights back rashly, it will be difficult to get benefits.

"Your Majesty, I suggest you try to avoid fighting with the enemy." Gao Jia reminded.

"Fengxiao, have you already known something?" Liu Yu asked.

Gao Jia smiled. He had expected Liu Yu to guess what, so he said, "I have indeed known something."

"Fengxiao, tell me quickly." Liu Yu hurriedly urged.

"Your Majesty, after the Huns took Wuwei County, they continued to harass the counties in the north of our army. Now they have taken two. In this way, they can continuously transport food and grass from the grassland." Gao Jia said.

Feng Gong, Xun Or and others heard this and their faces became solemn.

Feng Gong said: "Wang Xiao, do you have any countermeasures?"

"There is a countermeasure, but it will cost a lot of money." Gao Jia said.

"Oh? What's the trick to worship Xiao?" Feng Gong asked afterwards.

"First of all, we must send merchants to lobby the people in some places to move to Jizhou or Yuzhou. Our army can use this excuse to win the hearts of the people; secondly, we must build fortifications and extend our army's defense line so that the Huns cannot attack from behind us, so that logistics supplies will not be violated." Gao Jia explained.

"Well, it makes sense. What we need to do now is to send envoys to those small counties to persuade the county magistrates to surrender, give them some preferential policies to cooperate with us." Feng Gong said.

"Mr. Yuan Hao said very well, then this task will be left to you to complete." Liu Yu looked at Feng Gong.

"No!" Feng Gong bowed and received the order.

Then Liu Yu said, "Fengxiao, what do you think we should do this time?"

Gao Jia smiled and said, "Your Majesty, we can send people to lurk inside the Huns and then provoke civil strife."

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. I believe your judgment." Liu Yu said with a smile.

"I accept the order!" Gao Jia replied.

Then Feng Gong left the hall and headed to Wuwei County City.

...

Wuwei County City.

After Kuai Ling learned that Wuwei County was occupied by the Huns, she hurried to visit Wang Cao.

Wang Cao said to Kuai Ling: "I didn't expect you to come!"

"Brother Meng De, will the Huns lead their troops westward after occupying Wuwei County?" Kuai Ling said worriedly.

"Haha, Fengxian, you're over-concerned." Wang Cao said with a smile.

When Kuai Ling heard Wang Cao say this, she was a little confused.

"Why did Brother Meng De say this?" Kuai Ling asked in confusion.

"Don't forget, we have two generals Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong guarding Xiangyang. It is almost impossible for the Huns to break through Xiangyang," Wang Cao said with a smile.

"But the Huns' cavalry is really powerful." Kuai Ling was still very worried.

"Don't worry, it's impossible for the Huns to break through Xiangyang, not to mention that Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong are not clear about the abilities of them?" Wang Cao was speechless about Kuai Ling's concern. Kuai Ling's courage was too small.

"That's right." Kuai Ling smiled bitterly. He also knew that what Kuai Ling said was true. Kuai Ling now found that he seemed to have become a little timid.

Kuai Ling has been paying attention to the actions of the Northern Expedition Army for a while, especially after the news of the loss of Wuwei County City came, Kuai Ling became even more anxious because he felt that the Huns could go south at any time.

During this period, Kuai Ling led the Han army to attack the Southern Barbarians, but they were blocked by the Xianbei people coming from the northwest. The two sides fought fiercely, and Huan Wen was defeated and withdrew his troops.

In this battle with the Xianbei people, the Xianbei people used cavalry to defeat the most powerful shield and chariot formation in Huan Wen's army, and killed many soldiers, causing Huan Wen to suffer heavy losses and finally retreated to Xiangyang City to rest.

"General, we have won three consecutive victories. What should we do now?" the deputy asked anxiously.

"Continue to fight, just keep guarding Xiangyang." Huan Wen said calmly.

"But we are now seriously short of food and grass. According to the news from the past few days, we are almost unable to eat now." The deputy said worriedly.

When Huan Wen heard his adjutant say this, he suddenly became worse. After he was silent for a long time, he slowly spoke: "I know, I know what you mean, but we must not give up on Xiangyang."

When the adjutant saw Huan Wen's gloomy face, he immediately fell silent and did not dare to continue talking.

"Okay, keep this secret in advance. I will handle it after the war is over." Huan Wendan ordered.

"Yes, my subordinates obey the order." The adjutant said respectfully.

Then Huan Wen fell into deep thought, thinking about how to win, after all, his current food was almost impossible to hold on.

"Report!" A scout rode a horse to Huan Wen.

"Say." Huan Wen said calmly.

The scout cavalry reported: "Lord, news came from the west that the Huns had captured the city of Wuwei County."

"What!" Hearing the scout's report, Huan Wen, who was originally calm, stood up suddenly. He stared at the scout's cavalry with wide eyes, as if he wanted to confirm what he had just said.

"You have reported to the lord, this is a written letter from the Hun spies. It has been verified and all the statements in the letter are true." The scout said.

"Hahahaha!" Suddenly Huan Wen laughed wildly. "I really have God bless me, and God bless you!"

Then Huan Wen picked up the letter sent by the Huns and looked it carefully. The more he looked back, Huan Wen became more excited and happier. He had even forgotten the bad news brought by the scout just now. Now he was full of the news that the Huns occupied Wuwei County City.
To be continued...