Updated: 2013-05-16

He was covered in dust and had a haggard face. Zhang Gui led his followers to search in Youzhou, but he could not find any trace of the Jin army. According to the regional search provided by the surrendered Jin army, he found nothing. Obviously, the journey of Youzhou was far away and the migration was too long. The Xiongnu troops had enough time to deal with the Jin army.

The Huns naturally could not provide information, and Zhang Rui could do nothing without a source of information. However, they learned that Ma Long's army had been exhausted outside the Great Wall for a long time and their troops were wiped out, and their heads had been passed to Yecheng. Gou Xi, Zhang Fang and other Jin generals were missing, and Meng Guan's army was almost destroyed, and the remaining small groups of Jin troops were missing.

"Continue searching will delay the agreed time, and it seems that it can only be done to this extent." Zhang Gui raised his hand to wipe off the sweat beads on his forehead, and then whispered as his sleeves covered his face.

The entourage beside him moved his lips slightly and said, "Hebei's geographical records are rough, but they can correct the original geographical map. I'm very tired."

When Zhang Gui heard this, his sleeves fell, and nodded in his heart, and asked for a return trip to the accompanying Xiongnu envoy. This time, he came to rescue the generals of Jin to test the attitude of the Xiongnu. The leader of the Xiongnu Liu Yuan was very talented and had a great ambition. He was so easy to seize the land in Hebei. Jiang Wei was in the whirlpool of the army and the court since Shu Han. Although he was rare in Liu Yuan, he had a deep understanding of people like Liu Yuan.

Therefore, once the Huns agreed to the Han Dynasty's request, whether it was a false imprisonment or other plans, it would not hinder the Han people from both sides. Zhuge Jing and Zhang Gui's followers were mostly brave men, but among them were figures from Hebei who were proficient in military geography. Everything they saw along the way was recorded in their hearts, and when they were resting, they fell on their pens. This was considered to be mastering the terrain of Hebei.

The Hun envoys worked very hard to follow the Han envoys for days. The Han people naturally recognized that the roads the Hun envoys pointed to were mostly unacceptable. The purpose of going around the distance could not be achieved, and the purpose of delaying time could not be achieved. Many Jin troops who ran this trip surrendered one after another, which was a fault but not a merit for the Hun envoys.

If the Han army knew that the road he had drawn up was just a trick to detect the terrain, the messenger would probably go crazy.

A few days later, Zhang Gui and others finally returned to a mountain range near Huguan. At this time, there were 20,000 or 30,000 Jin troops gathered in the mountains. In addition to Zu Ti, Zu Yue, Wang Huang, Bo Sheng, Li Yun, there were also generals such as Huangfu Chong and Sun Qi.

There were quite a few people, but unfortunately most of them were wounded soldiers. In the past few days, nearly a thousand people died in the mountains due to their serious injuries. The remaining three or four thousand people were unable to move, and most of the others needed to support each other to walk.

Even if such a team is taken back to the Central Plains, it will not be of great help to the Central Plains. However, at the critical moment when the Han people were destroyed by the Hu people, it is enough to get some people back from the Hu people, even the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled!

"Sir, I'm finally back!" After hearing Zhang Gui arrived, Zu Ti hurriedly responded to many Jin generals. At this time, the Xiongnu envoy returned to Yecheng to report, and it was much more convenient for Zhang Gui and others to communicate.

"Thank you all the hard work, I don't know what the situation is?" Zhang Gui was welcomed into the mountains by everyone. He had all the disabled soldiers in his eyes, and the groans of the injured from time to time in his ears, and he said anxiously in his heart.

Zu Ti said: "There are about 10,000 people from Hu who have been stationed outside the mountain and have been responsible for monitoring for several days."

"As it turns out, I don't know who is the leader?" This is not surprising to the Xiongnu sending people to monitor. If any country allowed so many troops to gather on its own territory, it would naturally have to send elite troops to supervise it. Otherwise, what should we do if there is a chaos?

Wang Huang said on the side: "It's Liu He, the son of Liu Yuanhai!"

"Huh?" Zhang Gui was shocked when he heard this, and he was immediately suspicious. The Jin army seemed to have a lot of 20,000 or 30,000 people along the way, but in fact, only 3,000 or 4,000 people were able to fight, and they were all injured. Everyone could see how much combat effectiveness such a unit had. It was okay to monitor the army of ten thousand people, but his heirs personally took over, which seemed to be a bit useless.

If the tribes outside the border are able to unify all races, the Jin State, which was difficult to separate from the Han Dynasty, was destroyed in thirty or forty days. How could such a Hun lord be useless? Even if he is useless, he has some intentions.

Seeing that Zhang Gui's face had changed, Zu Ti smiled bitterly: "It's not only that, please tell me General Boqi."

Sun Qi's name is Bo Qi, who was famous in Youzhou during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and was one of the few famous generals in the Jinyang garrison. Seeing Zu Ti's words, he stepped forward and said, "I went out alone to inquire at night and found that Liu He was not the only one within twenty miles nearby!"

Zhang Gui was shocked and looked up at Sun Qi and said, "How many other Hu people are there?"

Sun Qi and Jin's solemn expressions told Zhang Gui that things might not be optimistic. Sun Qi indeed said: "There are many scouts in the late night, and I can't see the details. It is roughly estimated that it is between 50,000 and 60,000..."

Sun Qi personally went out to inquire about military affairs, and was alone, so he was very skilled and brave. One person also had the benefits of being alone, not easily discovered and moving freely. But even one person could find it difficult to detect the other party's reality. Obviously, the 50,000 and 60,000 nearby alien coalition forces were all elite troops, not ordinary combat troops.

"What a Liu Yuanhai! I can't continue to delay. I will go to Yecheng to find out the news about Zhuge Xingzong and resign by the way!" I felt that the situation was not good, so Zhang Gui didn't care about his fatigue and set off to go to Yedu.

Huangfu Chong said: "Mr. Zhang, please be proud. The Hu people's heart is obvious. I'm afraid there will be many dangers when I go there!"

Although the civil officials and military generals present did not make any statement, they faced the fact that they had such a big battle between the elderly, weak, sick and disabled Huns, who were over 30,000, and they were not a problem of surveillance. The Han people had no good impression of the Hu people, especially the civil and military officials of Jin surrendered to the Han Dynasty at this moment, but their attitude towards the Hu people did not change at all, but became even worse.

They are all people who have experienced several encounters between life and death. No one can do the worst of what may happen.

Zhang Gui sighed, "Liu Yuan is indeed difficult to deal with. As a Han envoy, I am responsible for negotiating. If something goes wrong, I cannot retreat because of this. Your Majesty's plan has been informed by the generals, and I also ask you not to leak it out. In this way, even if Zhang Gui is difficult to turn around, there is no need to worry."

Zu Ti stepped forward and said, "The heavy army is on the side, and he must have the intention of breaking the contract. I wonder if the adults have any way to contact the Central Plains to step up their work?"

Zhang Gui pondered: "The ships traveling must have been closely monitored, and it is difficult to contact me, but I will try to delay the time when I go to Yecheng, so I will be in trouble here."

The Jin people gathered here are in danger of their lives, and Zhang Gui, who carried the heavy burden of the envoy, is no exception. Once the Huns turn against each other, both the Jin people and the Han envoys will be treated equally and will not be any different. Since they are preparing for a battle between the Han Dynasty, how could they let these people return to the Central Plains to become their future resistance and the help of the Han Dynasty?

Most of the injured soldiers were unable to fight again. Even if their injuries were healed, they would be disabled and their physical strength was greatly weakened. Even if they could become soldiers with combat power, they would need long-term treatment and recovery to join the battlefield.

But as the saying goes, it is easy to get a general in a thousand troops. Those who can lead the remaining troops to resist tenaciously regardless of their loyalty or righteousness, just this military talent is already a pillar of the country. No matter how big or small the official position is, the main one is to have this ability.

These people are not afraid of being alone, but with thousands of troops in their hands, they completely changed their appearance!

Compared to those weak troops, these Jin generals are the guys who are extremely eager to be eliminated!!

Everyone present is very clear about this. Everyone is a person who is leading thousands of troops or governing a territory. How can they not know what the Hu people think under such circumstances? Of course, it is still unknown whether the Hu people have taken action, but since they have the conditions for such an event, they have not ignored the consequences of this possibility!

completely annihilated!

Even if it was stationed in the mountains, the Jin army had no ability to resist. This mountain was far inferior to the city. With more than 20,000 soldiers who were difficult to fight, how should we fight this battle?

Not only did he say that, but everyone knew it. The reason why they could defend to this day was that the siege troops in various places were not the elite of the alien army. Liu Yuan, the leader of the Huns, intended to use this to hone the fighting spirit of some peripheral tribes and train their ability to attack, so he did not order a rush to attack.

But once the opponent takes a full-scale attack, the remaining Jin troops in various places are defeated one after another, which does not mean that the Hu people were intending to hide their shortcomings before?

If the Han Dynasty mistakenly thought that the opponent's ability to attack was just like this because of this situation, it would probably not be a temporary victory or defeat, and would affect the overall strategic layout! Before the war with Jin State, Liu Yuan secretly began to arrange a way out for Wang Rong's lineage to be willing to let Wang Rong's lineage go, and to force Jin State to retreat from the southern front and enter the northern front without any chance of breathing. He also laid the foreshadowing in his mind.

The whole country of Jin State united in unity to form an alliance with Wang Rong, and believed that he had discovered that he had almost been taken advantage of by the forces outside the border. He did not know that he had already become a tired army, and thus completed favorable conditions for Liu Yuan that the Han Dynasty could not meet.

Without the intervention of the Han Dynasty, no one supported the tired army of Jin, and no one snatched the land of Hebei with the Hu people. The Hu people's strategy was extremely beautiful!

At present, it is just an illusion that cannot be captured for a long time. Since Liu Yuan is so cunning and treacherous, he easily agreed to Zhuge Jing's proposal. Is there no other plan?

Zhang Gui was not without doubts in this regard, and even Zhuge Jing had already expressed his concerns in this regard. But the Han Dynasty's plan was built on this dangerous road. As long as the Hu people let it go, even if they were murderous intent, there was no reason to start retreating.

Zhang Gui left half of his followers to assist everyone, and led the rest of them to come out of the mountain to Yecheng under everyone's escort.

When he arrived at the mountain pass, he saw the Huns' soldiers and horses lined up in a majestic array to occupy the open space in front of the mountain pass. Seeing this, Zhang Gui couldn't help but feel a little frightened, but his face was quite natural and asked people to come forward to negotiate.

Unexpectedly, the bow and arrow shot out from the Xiongnu formation, and it was landing in front of the envoy's horse. Seeing this, the envoy dared not continue, so he could only turn around and report.

Zhang Gui frowned and said, "This is Liu He's banner. If Liu Yuan had not given instructions, I would never dare to do this. Wait for me to come forward and ask!"

Zu Ti and Sun Qi looked at each other and thought about it in their hearts. Zhang Gui was the deputy envoy who came to negotiate this time. Once there was something unexpected here, everyone would have no barriers. Moreover, it was an extraordinary period, so Zhang Gui would never have any accidents. At present, the two generals were each following Zhang Gui's left and right with swords and weapons, and Zhang Gui had no intention of rejecting this.

"I am Zhang Gui, the envoy of the Han Dynasty. The Great Shanyu can be in the army!" Zhang Gui rode his horse to the front of the formation and quickly lowered his body to pick up the arrows on the ground to look carefully.

The Hun generals on the opposite side seemed to know that the person who came was special and could not be shot. He did not act any way when he heard this, but he stood in front of the formation and felt a tragic atmosphere of a hundred battles arising from the battlefield.

"This is the elite of the Huns!" Zu Ti's eyes lit up and his body shook slightly.

"Hmph!" Sun Qi snorted coldly and his face changed.

The two of them were not afraid of defending the city alone during the battle, but now they were very touched when they saw the elite soldiers of the Huns.

As far as the two knew, among the various alien troops fighting against the Jin army, no alien army of this level had appeared. In other words, the alien coalition was able to destroy Jin State in less than forty days, but it was not the most elite troops...

As a warrior of Jin State, Zu Ti, how could Sun Qi not be shocked when he saw this?

"The envoy of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Gui, asked the Grand Shanyu to come forward and talk!" Zhang Gui looked at the arrows in his hand, and when he heard the words of Zuti and Sun Qi from the left and right, he was shocked, but he was still shouting.

Seeing that there was still no movement in the Hun army opposite, Zhang Gui's face sank and his legs were slightly pressed. The war horse under his crotch slowly moved forward to the Huns battle formation. Zu Ti and Sun Qi looked at each other, both of which saw their admiration for Zhang Gui.

Those who can have such courage in the face of thousands of troops are definitely not ordinary people. Moreover, the other party’s intention is not good at present, and Zhang Gui’s identity as an envoy cannot be a life-saving talisman. On the contrary, he will become the other party’s candidate for the flag sacrifice, so it is even more difficult!

"Since the Great Shanyu is here, why not show up and see him? Could it be that Zhang Gui was blamed for being rude in the future!" Zhang Gui moved forward slowly and asked for the third time.

The people in the formation seemed to be unable to hold back, and a young voice rang out slowly, "Sir, the Grand Master of the Central Plains, can't you see that your father is not here?"

Seeing that the other party responded, Zhang Gui felt a little more at ease. If the other party continued to fail, he would still have to struggle whether he would continue to move forward. The army is for conquest and has its own set of rules. If it is too close, it is unknown what consequences it will bring if it collides with the other party's formation.

After stopping the horse, Zhang Gui suddenly realized: "It turns out that Lord Liu Yao is here, Zhang Gui is rude!"

"Hmph! Do you want to learn from Zhuge Xingzong?" The person who answered in the formation was Liu He, the heir of the Xiongnu's attack on the Chanyu Liu Yuan. Although he heard this, he realized Zhang Zhi's intention to pretend to be stupid, his words contained strong emotional fluctuations and anger.

Zhuge Jing blatantly provoked the relationship between Han officials and Hu people under the rule of the Xiongnu in the palace in Yecheng, and made a big fuss about Liu Yao's adopted son, which angered the Xiongnu. Today, Zhang Gui naturally saw that the flag was written on Liu He, not Liu Yao. However, he was deliberately wrong, but his intention was worthy of consideration.

"Oh? Seeing this army is so majestic, the three armies are neatly employed, they thought it was under Lord Liu Yao's command, but they didn't expect it to be Prince Xuantai, so they were disrespectful!" Zhang Gui was waiting for this sentence, and bowed without thinking to apologize.

At the moment, the Huns' strong soldiers blocked the road and were full of murderous aura. Zhang Gui came forward to negotiate without mentioning the matter in front of him, but he kept angering the other party. Zu Ti and Sun Qi were both unclear, but they immediately understood Zhang Gui's intention. The Han Dynasty was a powerful country, and even if the Huns were in full force of morale, they were just foreign countries.

Zhang Gui claimed to be an envoy of a great country. If he only cared about reasoning in the face of the Huns, he would not be able to achieve success by falling into the clichés. The fearlessness in his words and deeds was even a bit of active provocation. As long as he mastered the timing, it would not only have no security impact on himself, but also made the other party worry and dare not act rashly.

The Hun soldiers suddenly took action, but saw Liu He, the heir of the Huns' Great Chanyu Liu Yuan, slowly rode out on a horse. But he saw that he was more than eight feet tall, with a dignified appearance and a bit of courage, and he was obviously inheriting his father's extraordinary appearance. Only through the temptations of the previous court, Zhang Gui already knew that even though this son looked extraordinary, his inner demeanor was a different from his father!

Liu He, whose courtesy name is Xuantai, bowed and said at this moment: "Liu He, on the order of his father, asked the Lord to stay here and wait for his father to summon him. He would not leave without permission unless he was ordered by his father."

Zhang Gui nodded in his heart when he heard this. Although Liu He was a little worse in temperament, his mind was not stupid. The opening sentence not only explained the purpose of the visit, but also pointed out that it was Liu He, not Liu Yuan or Liu Yao, who avoided the frontal confrontation to weaken his provocation. This was still a very strategic guy.

"What does Prince Xuantai say about this? Is it a noble's way to treat guests by leaving the Han envoy in this barren mountain and hiking in the open?" Zhang Gui thought about the other party's intention and muttered in his heart.

The Hun envoy who followed him must have just arrived in Yecheng at this moment. In this case, Liu Yuan's order was issued before he returned to this place. Since that is the case, it seems that the Huns have already had some plan, so they are not interested in meeting him and have directly taken the means of imprisonment.

But if the other party is like this, what are the plans?

Zu Ti and Sun Qi were both smart people. They also heard some implicit sounds during this extraordinary period, but they couldn't understand why Liu Yuan was so neglecting the Han Dynasty envoys. You should know that before that, he had a promise with Zhuge Jing and made a promise. At this time, it was only ten days, as if he had changed his name.
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