Needless to say, cavalry was the most formidable class of the era, and the steppe nomads who were skilled in horse archery seemed to have been born with excellent cavalry. Although the total population of the nomads is far less than that of the Han people, these nomads are almost all soldiers, as long as they can pull the bowstring, they can be regarded as qualified warriors, and the entire Southern Xiongnu can easily organize 200,000 cavalry. This is also the reason why it has always been difficult for the Han people to completely defeat these steppe nomadic tribes.

However, this attack on the desert made Liu Xin see the hope of completely putting the Xiongnu under the rule of the Han Dynasty, which was a feat that even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not complete, and it made people surging when they thought about it.

The application of a series of new equipment, such as stirrups, raised the cavalry and archery level of the Han cavalry to the same level as the Hun cavalry. And the cavalry tactics that Liu Xin borrowed from the Mongolian cavalry in later generations made the overall combat effectiveness of the Han cavalry far exceed that of the Hun cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry's separate attack tactics are also derived from the steppe nomads in dealing with the steppe wolves, and it is a very successful tactic.

However, these new equipment makes people feel mysterious when they are unexpected, in fact, they are really worthless and do not have much technical content. Once the nomads of the steppe also mastered these equipment and tactics, their combat effectiveness would once again surpass that of the Han cavalry. Therefore, Liu Xin either does not put these equipment and tactics into practice, and once he does, he must completely subdue and fear these grassland peoples, and finally let them truly become part of the Han nation.

Today, it is the weakest period of the Southern Xiongnu. Liu Bao was summoned by Dong Zhuozhi to send troops to Guanzhong, and lost 100,000 young men at once, coupled with the later civil strife and the retaliatory counterattack of the Han cavalry, it was very difficult for the Southern Xiongnu to piece together 100,000 cavalry. As the saying goes, taking advantage of your illness will kill you. Now that all the conditions for subduing the Xiongnu have been met, will Liu Xin still talk to the Huns about benevolence and righteousness? He had already made up his mind that after the beginning of spring in the coming year, he would immediately send troops to Monan and put the entire Southern Xiongnu under the absolute rule of the Han Dynasty.

If this move is successful, not only will the Han Dynasty have a vast land for horse breeding, but there will also be another benefit. The Xiongnu have been in charge of the Western Regions many times in history, the Han Dynasty in order to fight for control of the Western Regions, and the Xiongnu have fought many times, if Liu Xin can completely take down the Southern Xiongnu, for his plan to restore the Western Regions Protectorate will have a hundred benefits and no harm.

After listening to Liu Xin's analysis and the beautiful blueprint outlined, he was also excited, although he is a literati, but with such an opportunity to expand his territory and go down in history, who is willing to let it go easily?

Fu Zhu quickly began to plan according to Liu Xin's train of thought, and said: "My lord, if the Xiongnu envoys promise not to attack our Han border again in the future, then what reason do we find to use troops against them?" ”

Liu Xin laughed and said, "Gonghe, you are too real." Since the Xiongnu sent an envoy to come, we directly proposed it to him, and from then on, the grassland where the Southern Xiongnu was stationed would be part of the territory of the Han Dynasty, abolishing the title of Xiongnu Shan Yu and Zuo Xian King, and abolishing the Xiongnu royal court! ”

Frustrated and smiled: "Yes, it's the subordinates who are pedantic." If they agree, we can surrender the army without a fight, and justifiably appoint officials to govern this grassland, and the people of the Xiongnu tribes will become my Han people. If they don't agree, hmph, then we'll call him until he agrees! ”

The so-called soldiers who surrender without a fight are actually based on the backing of strong combat power, if it were not for the 100,000 cavalry deep into Monan this time, and returned with a great victory, presumably Frustrated would not have this self-confidence.

Liu Xin smiled and said, "Gongming, they're coming back soon." Tell them to take the captive Hun women into custody first, and when the Hun envoys come, they will openly sell them, so that those Hun envoys can also have a good look at this grand occasion. ”

Hu Chuquan had just passed Wancheng, and he sneezed loudly for no reason, couldn't help but restrain his war horse, and muttered: "How far is it from Xiangyang, why did you suffer from the wind chill?" ”

Along with Hu Chuquan, there were two tribal leaders, one named Chi Wule and the other Gu Tu'an. These two Xiongnu tribal leaders had been to Dahan in the early years, but they had only been to Luoyang at the farthest, and they really didn't know how far Xiangyang was from here, and they were all at a loss.

After their group entered the territory of Liangzhou, they were soon discovered by the patrol sent by Huang Zhong, and beacon fires were lit in all directions, and groups of cavalry soon surrounded them. Hu Chuquan could speak Chinese, and quickly shouted, explaining that he was a Xiongnu envoy and came to meet the Han Emperor. As a result, the reply was that there was no emperor at all in the Han Dynasty, only the governor of the four states who temporarily regented the government, so Hu Chuquan had no choice but to turn to Xiangyang and come to see Liu Xin, the governor of the four states.

Huang Zhong naturally could not let a team of Hun cavalry of several hundred people pass freely through the territory of the Han Dynasty, so he asked Wei Yan and Ma Chao to lead 2,000 cavalry each to escort them. Of course, it's called an escort, but it's actually a bit more surveillance.

Hearing Hu Chuquan's question, Wei Yan pointed the big knife in his hand to the south, and shouted: "The envoy of the Huns, there is a certain kind of escort, just go your way, ask so much, are Mo Feier and the others spies?" ”

Hu Chuquan was silent for a moment, urged his crotch to dismount, and ran forward. Along the way, he has eaten a lot of deflated.

When he was in Liangzhou, he knew that there was no emperor in the Han Dynasty, and it was clear that there were two emperors now, but these two emperors were not recognized by Liu Xin, but Liangzhou was Liu Xin's territory. However, he had already embarked on the road to Xiangyang, and he didn't dare to say anything else, so he could only come to see Liu Xin first.

However, Hu Chuquan was very unconvinced, and the two tribal leaders who came with him were both well-known warriors of the Xiongnu, so he secretly instigated these two to challenge Wei Yan and Ma Chao, wanting to establish a prestige in front of the Han army. The self-confident and brave Chi Wule and Gu Tu'an really didn't take the Han people seriously, and as a result, they were not able to hold out under Wei Yan and Ma Chao for three rounds and were defeated, this is still Wei Yan and Ma Chao's identity as Hun envoys, otherwise, even if they don't kill them, they will already be disabled.

Therefore, along the way, Hu Chuquan and the others were very honest, almost Wei Yan told him to go, and he stopped and stopped, and he didn't dare to contradict a word.

In fact, the current Han Dynasty can be said to have the most fierce generals and strategists in history, and could have created the most powerful era, but it is a pity that the mediocrity of the imperial court made the people miserable. Now, Liu Xin's arrival finally has hope that all this will begin to change.

However, Hu Chuquan, who admires Han culture, is still fascinated by all the way, especially after arriving in Nanyang, the bustling cities dazzle him, and he actually has a desire to rely on the Han Dynasty not to leave, and the further he goes, the stronger this thought becomes.

After two more days, the majestic Xiangyang City could already be seen in the distance, and suddenly a group of cavalry galloped over. These cavalrymen numbered about 100 people, all of them were dressed in black, black armor, and red cloaks, and all of them were majestic black horses under their crotches. There were not many of them, but they were like mountains, and they were so overwhelmed that these people were breathless.

The cavalry rushed straight to Huchuquan, and the speed of the horses did not decrease at all, until they were still ten paces away, when they heard the "call" of the leader of the leader, and a hundred galloping horses gathered their iron hooves together and stopped in front of them.

Hu Chuquan and others all grew up on horseback, and they are all experts in riding, and they are secretly amazed when they see these people's skillful riding skills. Before leaving, Yu Fuluo and others were still unimpressed that the Han cavalry could sweep through dozens of Xiongnu tribes, thinking that their Xiongnu tribes were defenseless and were attacked by the Han army. However, after seeing the martial arts of Wei Yan and Ma Chao, and seeing the magical riding skills of this team of black-armored cavalry, Hu Chuquan could no longer have the slightest heart to resist.

I saw the leader of the black-armored cavalry slowly step forward, waved the cooked copper stick in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "The one who came is the Hun envoy?" ”

Wei Yan could see clearly in the team, these people who came were Liu Xin's flying tiger guards, he stepped forward on horseback, Shi Li said: "Under is Wei Yan, the deputy general of the Fifth Army, on the orders of General Zhao and General Huang, and General Ma escorted the Hun envoys here. ”

"In Xiahou abandoned slaves, I have seen two generals." The leader arched his hand, took out a token, and said, "Please ask the two generals to hand over the Xiongnu envoy to the abandoned slaves." ”

Wei Yan and Ma Chao both recognized the token, and with this token, it was Liu Xin's personal order, so they couldn't help but glance at each other, nodded together, and let go of both sides. This is already the boundary of Xiangyang, forgive those Huns and don't dare to play any tricks, don't look at this team of flying tiger guards only 100 people, but they are all carefully selected from the various legions of experienced soldiers, all of them can be ten, to deal with these hundreds of Hun envoys, that is more than enough, so Wei Yan and Ma Chao have nothing to worry about.

Hu Chuquan saw that Wei Yan and Ma Chao were also quite polite to this ugly man, although he didn't know what the identity of this big man was, but he should have quite a status in the future, so he stepped forward and said: "Down is the Xiongnu envoy, the right sage king Hu Chuquan, please lead the way in front of the general." ”

Hou Qinu is a muddy person, and when he heard Hu Chuquan calling himself the Right Virtuous King, the boss in his heart didn't like it, and said coldly: "I'm not a general, just a slave of my master." Hmph, my lord has never been called a king, what are you, and what kind of virtuous king do you dare to call him? ”

Hu Chuquan touched his nose and was angry, but he didn't dare to attack, so he had to follow Hou Qinu and turn his horse south.