There is a four hundred miles of Gobi Desert between Shuofang County and Xinqinzhong, which is the "Wulanbuhe Desert" in later generations. Unlike the Hetao, which is known as the Central Plains of the Fortress, the area is dry and rainy, and the grasslands disappear into sand. But for the Huns, the conditions of this sand sea are not bad. Compared with the Great Gobi Desert between the south and north of the desert, it is just a younger brother: in addition to the poplar and seddrip, which sometimes grow, the Yellow River also flows slowly on the edge of the desert, and the water source is not a problem.

There is a way to solve the problem of military rations. Even cavalry, it will take several days to travel to the 400-mile desert. During this period, Hu Bing can still fill his stomach by carrying meat and cheese.

The biggest trouble is the forage. No one in the horses has such strong adaptability and patience. In order to ensure the food of the Hu horses, in addition to the 40,000 Hun cavalry, there are also 40,000 "Han soldiers" behind them. In fact, they are the civil servants who have been forced to recruit from the border counties of Bingzhou. For this battle, Lu Fang can be said to be the power of the country. These civil servants are pushing the food, but can only watch the good beans. The wheat is greedily chewed by the Hun horse's mouth, and he can only eat some remaining horse's mouth.

After nearly ten days of march, the Huns were having fun leisurely and even had the interest to blow up sluts and dance around the bonfire burning with poplar trees. However, the Han people could only wear tattered sheep fur and curl up together and shivered.

When they finally left the desert and saw the "stone mouth" in the northern part of the Beiyi Mountain from afar, the Wei army camp was already here.

Now, Geng Yan's strategy showed an effect. He stuck the passage of the Huns to the south and occupied the place where there were still dry grass, which made the Huns, which had to consider the food shortage of food.

"A decisive battle as soon as possible!" Lu Fang was the most active war-maker, lobbying the King Zuo Guli of the Xiongnu who led his troops day and night.

However, King Zuo Guli was unmoved. According to the habits of the Huns, he did not easily fight the position with the enemy, but wanted to give full play to his mobile advantage. While he led the army south, he had already sent King Wulouqiqu and King Aorizhu to take thousands of cavalry around the desert and attacked the eastern and western divisions of Xin Qinzhong respectively. The Wei army must be attacked from both sides and exposed flaws under the pull of the Huns.

So King Zuo Guli moved to the east bank of the Yellow River as a thief, across the river from the Weiying. Although this area is not as good as Xin Qinzhong, there are some wetland grasslands on the banks of the river that can make people barely fill their stomachs. And until the cold winter comes, the first thing that cannot withstand the cold is definitely the Wei soldiers from the south.

As a puppet, Lu Fang is okay to lead the way, but he has no say in military affairs, so he can only give up in disappointment.

As for the generals and prefects under Lu Fang, they were even more frowning after learning the news. The Huns could not afford to delay them.

On this day, Hu Han's "Wuyuan Duwei" Sui Yu was drinking a tent and was quite worried about his future.

I remember that the chaos in the late Xin period was particularly turbulent in Bingzhou. The war against the Huns that had been delayed for a long time in Wang Mang completely defeated the economy of several counties. The royal army of the Xin army was not as cruel as that of the Huns. The people of Bingzhou could not bear it anymore and fled in large numbers, either to avoid disasters in the inner counties, or to go out to the grassland to survive.

When the fifth reunion gave Wang Mang a fatal blow, the order of Bingzhou quickly collapsed. Local bandits and horse thieves raised troops one after another, with hundreds of the small ones occupying the county town, and thousands of the most. They captured the county government and claimed to be generals. These Wuyuan people Sui Yu were one of them.

The warlord separatist rule in Bingzhou could not last long, and the Xiongnu Shanyu took the opportunity to enter the suburbs. He also knew that the Xiongnu had no support in the farming areas, so he supported Lu Fang and forced the gangs of Bingzhou to support the same emperor. Warlords from all walks of life accepted Lu Fang's seal and ribbon and turned into county magistrates.

For such a regime, the emperor's prestige can be imagined. Lu Fang became the emperor of the northern Zhou Dynasty. There were many princes below, and he followed the command but not the announcement. He could only use the power of the Huns to force everyone to obey orders.

Therefore, the generals, officials and soldiers of the Wei army could barely know why they were fighting, but Hu Han was confused and had their own plans.

After waiting anxiously until late at night, Sui Yu finally waited for someone, but it was Hu Han's "Prefect of Wuyuan" Li Xing.

"Brother Sui asked me to come here late at night. Could it be that something urgent?" Li Xing came quietly in casual clothes. He was also from Wuyuan County. His territory was in the north of the Yellow River, and Sui Yu was in the south of the Yellow River. The two even got married and each married his sister...

"I heard about it recently."

Sui Yu poured wine for Li Xing and revealed the big secret: Lu Fang and the Huns reached a secret agreement, but they didn't discuss it with them, and they wanted to cut the land of the sixteen counties in Wuyuan and other borders to the Huns!

"What?" Li Xing was shocked. If this battle was won, Wuyuan would give it to the Huns. Why didn't he know that Wuyuan's prefect? ​​He felt ridiculous at the first time: "Your Majesty's capital is in Jiuyuan City, Wuyuan County, how can you give it away from Kyoto? Since it is a secret agreement, how can you find out?"

Sui Yu certainly had his own tricks: "Although the confidants around Lu Fang were very strict, I had a way to go in the court of the Khan of the Huns. There were many descendants of the Han Dynasty dowry slaves and servants who were slashers and pen officials, and were the secretary of the Huns. As long as the bribery was properly, any news would be known."

Who made him open up his relationship with Wei State and collect a lot of gold sent by the Embroidered Uniform Guard? Sui Yu swallowed 90% of it and only needed to use one tenth of it, so he could do everything he could.

After Sui Yu told all the details of the secret agreement, Li Xing basically believed it and immediately fell into great anger and panic. Although they all regarded Lu Fang as the emperor, as the warlords below, they still regarded the counties as their territory. Lu Fang was so generous to others!

In this way, even if they win this battle, they will not be able to gain any benefits. At that time, they followed Lu Fang to the strange Guanzhong, broke away from the barriers of their business for many years, became Lu Fang's ministers, or stayed to live with the Huns?

Sui Yu took the opportunity to complain to Li Xing: "At the time when the Huns and the Han Dynasty said that Hu originally made a promise to be brothers with the Han Dynasty. Later, Hu declined, Huhanye and Shanyu joined the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the Han family sent troops to protect it, and the Huns surrendered to the Han Dynasty for generations. Now the Han Dynasty is also defeated and the Liu clan comes to surrender to me, and he should also support him."

"So he appointed Liu Wenbo (Lu Fang) as the emperor and sent King Ao Rizhu to recruit us. My ancestors were heroes in the early Han Dynasty, and the lieutenant Sui Gong was the title of the guardian. Brother Li was a descendant of the soldiers guarding the border during the Han Dynasty. They were all angry with Xinmang and missed the Han Dynasty. So he believed it and went to the Shanyu Court himself and welcomed Liu Wenbo to Wuyuan. Brother Li even gave up Jiuyuan City and asked Liu Wenbo to take this as the capital."

"I heard later that this person's real name is Lu Fang, and he is Anding Zahu, and he is not a descendant of the Han emperor at all!"

He called the emperor's name and even exposed the fact that everyone knew about Hu Han, but no one dared to mention it. Li Xing did not express his objection. The freezing of three feet was not a day. Since the defeat invading Xin Qinzhong last time, Lu Fang had no benefit to the warlords below, and also caused the generals to lose their troops and spend money. The dissatisfaction and depression accumulated to a certain extent, and they were forced to the pressure of the Huns and did not dare to explode.

Sui Yu knew that the matter was halfway, so he went further and attacked the case: "The most hateful thing is that Lu Fang not only did not repay his kindness, but also repeatedly felt that we had given too little tribute. He often borrowed pressure from the Huns and initially wanted to invade the entire Wuyuan County, but now he abandoned us like rubble."

Sui Yu had a relationship with Wei at that time. He now actively encouraged Li Xing and said: "It seems that Hand De has declined and it is difficult to revive it anymore. We thought that the Central Plains had no master, but now the Emperor Wei Dynasty has been united in the north in just a few years. Isn't it a hundred times stronger than Lu Fang?"

Li Xing guessed that Sui Yu had mostly hooked up with the State of Wei, and only wanted to know the price: "Although Emperor Wei was wise and powerful, he valued the difference between China and Rong, and hated those who were open to Hu. He expelled Lu Fang in his early years and later stationed troops on the frontier. I heard that Wei State promoted him that Lu Fang was a miscellaneous Hu and was abusive Liu's surname, and his crimes were unforgivable. But we were named Han ministers, but actually traitors, and he acted evilly to Li Ling, and he chased the Central Leadership... "

What a good guy, he has such a clear attitude towards the Fifth Reunion. It seems that this Wuyuan prefect has asked a lot!

Sui Yu laughed and said, "Brother Li, don't worry. The commander of the embroidered clothes in the Great Wei Dynasty directly communicated with me and informed the Emperor of Wei to the oral order."

He stood up and bowed to the southeast: "The Emperor Wei said that we are all famous ministers of the previous dynasty and descendants of the garrison generals. As long as we can wake up in time and turn against each other as soon as possible, we will not be a traitor..."

"But it is the heroes of the frontier who helped the Great Wei to eliminate the Hu disaster!"

"Great kindness!" Hearing Sui Yu's promise with a chance, Li Xing stood up, grabbed Sui Yu excitedly, and lowered his voice: "I actually had this idea. General Geng of the Great Wei guarded the new Qinzhong, and his troops were well-known. If we were the Xiongnu, Lu Fang would drive him to the forefront, he would hit the stone with an egg and smash it into pieces."

"It's better to go against it than this!"

"That's right, since Lu Fang can sell Wuyuan and the sixteen counties on the border to the Huns, why can't we sell this pseudo-emperor to the Great Wei to seek an uprising treatment? Maybe there is still a chance to win the title of Bo and Zi!"

"I just don't know how to respond?"

Although he made up his mind and turned around, Li Xing and Sui Yu's subordinates added only 10,000 yuan, and most of them were forced to recruit, and their combat effectiveness was very poor. Moreover, the camps of the Huns and Hu Han soldiers were separated, about ten miles apart. As the Emperor of Hu Han, Lu Fang, as the Hu Han emperor, knew that his subordinates had their own thoughts, did not enjoy the protection of their subjects. Instead, he lived in the felt tent of the Huns and was protected by them. It was not easy for them to capture and offer them.

"General Geng had already made plans."

Sui Yu took out a message from the embroidered ward and sent it to Li Xing under the light: "On the first day of the 12th month, you can raise the fire as a sign!"

...

Taking advantage of the internal conflicts between Hu and Han to help the Wei army, the plan of the Xiuyiwei, which had been operating for several years, was not only reported to the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry, but also the guard Zang Nu, who was on the east bank of the Yellow River, must also notify it.

Zang Nu took a boat to the west bank overnight to meet Geng Yan. He was simple and had doubts about the military's power change and raised concerns: "What if it is a trick of the thief and deceived our army to attack, what should we do? Furthermore, the Huns and Hu Han coalition forces mostly camped dozens of miles north of Hunhuaizha, on the east bank, and the general's army is on the west bank, which is not easy to attack."

"It's okay, even if we surrender, our army can advance and retreat freely."

Geng Yan had already planned to point to the endless stream of Yellow River: "In the Han Dynasty, there were ships for transporting grain from Xinqin to Shuofang, and they kept traveling. Now this general has asked people to cut down all the trees that were moving mountains, rebuild a team of ships, and moored in the south."
Chapter completed!