The cavalry of various Xiongnu tribes who had just set off to return to the grasslands were ecstatic after learning the important news that Emperor Xiang Yanran of the Great Shu Emperor was ecstatic and rushed back to Shuofang City.

Three days later, they rushed to Shuofang City again, and they discovered that Shuofang City had become an empty city, with 50,000 cavalry and 30,000 border town people having evacuated in a hurry, and there was nothing inside.

In the warehouse in the granary, there was not even a grain of rice. It was picked up by all the hungry people.

There wasn't even a rat in the granary, so I'm afraid it would have been used to satisfy my hunger.

It can be seen how severe the food shortage in Shuofang City has been.

The Shuofang City Gate and the wooden defensive equipment on the top of the city were all destroyed. There were still some big words on the top of the city, which made a lot of ridicule. The military minister Shanyu was dull and did not know that the food in Shuofang was gone and he missed the opportunity in vain. It was ridiculous and ridiculous.

Junchen Shanyu was so angry that he cursed when he saw Shuofangcheng's appearance.

"fraud!"

"The liar Ping Wang actually bullied me for a year's food storage. If I had known this, I would have trapped Shuofang City and left him dead!"

Prince Yizhi said: "Brother Wang, don't be angry. Now we have Shuofang to become this city base and can station troops. After autumn, we will be able to harvest food and grass in the Central Plains, and we will enter the Central Plains to rob."

...

Jinling imperial capital.

Courtyard.

The young emperor Xiang Yanran discussed matters with several auxiliary ministers and the court officials.

"Report!"

"Another 100,000 urgent military information came from the northern border!"

"The Xiongnu army minister Shanyu attacked Shuofang. A few days ago, he heard that the 500,000 troops of the princes of Wujiang Daying were defeated, so he immediately retreated back to the grassland.

But halfway through, the Huns suddenly heard that the late emperor had passed away. They were ecstatic and led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Shuofang again, and Shuofang City was lost!

Because of the shortage of food, Grand Marshal Li Rong led 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and civilians from Shuofang City to retreat to Taiyuan City. Taiyuan was short of food, so he urgently asked the court to transport food."

On that day, a 100,000-strong military message suddenly came from the north and reported to the court.

Suddenly, the court exploded.

Shuofang City is a solid city at the forefront of resisting the Huns, with nearly 30,000 people, and 50,000 cavalrymen in the court, totaling 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and civilians.

There are not many soldiers stationed in Shuofang City.

However, the Xiongnu light cavalry were not good at attacking cities and were afraid of suffering huge losses. They rarely attacked directly, and Shuofang City was safe and sound.

Grand Marshal Li Rong was in charge, but Shuofang City was actually lost?

During the rebellion of the princes, Shuofang City was not lost. Now that the civil strife has subsided, a major frontier town has been abandoned at this time, it is obvious that the ministers in the court are unacceptable.

If it were put before, the late emperor was in power and lost such a strong frontier city, Taiwei Li Rong would definitely be subject to great responsibility and punishment.

But now, the late emperor passed away, and the five auxiliary ministers made full power to make decisions on the national affairs.

If the city is lost, it will be lost. No one dares to treat the Minister of the Responsible Minister, the Three Dukes, Taiwei, King Ping, Li Rong.

"The ten princes in the north rebelled, and the Central Plains suffered heavy losses. The supply of food and grass in Shuofang City was very tight and intermittent.

In order to prevent the food from being encircled in Shuofang City, Lord Li Rong took advantage of the brief retreat of the Huns and led 50,000 troops and 30,000 soldiers and civilians to evacuate Shuofang City.

This is understandable.

But Shuofang City also fell into the hands of the Huns! It lost an important city on the frontier. This was a huge loss to our Great Chu!

Taiyuan Chongcheng lacks front-line defense and is threatened by the Hun cavalry at any time, and the troops are at the city... In order to stabilize the border, Shuofang City must be brought back."

Kong Hanyou said in contemplation.

"Everyone! The late emperor passed away, but his long-cherished wish was not fulfilled! His biggest long-cherished wish was Yanran Guile and destroyed the Huns. How could we sit still and ignore it!"

"The Huns invaded my border and seized my border city! If you don't take this revenge, how can you be a human being!"

"beat!"

"Yes, beat him up!"

The civil officials in the court were filled with righteous indignation, rolled up their sleeves and scolded loudly.

And on the other side.

The army of military generals in the court was surprisingly silent.

No one shouted and beaten.

The civil servants shouted for a fight, but they just said it casually, and they didn't need to go into battle in person. The military officers shouted for a fight in person, so they wanted to go into battle in person.

How difficult is the 500,000 cavalry of the Huns?

They were all elite light cavalry on the grassland. They grew up on horseback since childhood and were skilled in bowing and horses. They were by no means comparable to the 500,000 army pieces made up by the ten princes and kings.

The Grand Marshal Li Rong personally went to the border to take charge, and the towns on the border were spread with as many as 300,000 elite cavalry of Chu. But he did not go to fight against the Huns, but defended against the 500,000 Huns' army to invade on a large scale.

Even the Grand Marshal Li Rong did not support taking the initiative to attack, he was just defending.

What's more, these generals.

Besides, the Grand Marshal Li Rong gave up Shuofang City because he lacked food.

Now the entire Central Plains is short of food, so there are still many wealthy food and grass to supply military rations and counterattack Shuofang City.

If there is insufficient food and grass, how can the soldiers on the front line have a stable morale? Without a strong enough morale, they have to worry about the lack of food supply as soon as they send troops. How can they fight?

The civil officials shouted and beat him.

But none of the generals were willing to speak out.

Chu Tianxiu was also silent.

He calculated that he would have to wait until the autumn harvest to greatly alleviate the shortcomings before sending troops.

"As soon as my father left, the Huns bullied me! My father's greatest wish in his life was to fight against the Huns in the north and return to his hometown. Since I ascended the throne, I have not made any contributions, so I lost a border city... I am ashamed of the ancestor."

Xiang Tiange's eyes were red, and he looked at Chu Tianxiu, "Little Hunhou, do you think, will we fight against the Huns?"

All the civil and military officials couldn't help but look at Xiaohunhou.

The late emperor had left, and King Ping Li Rong stayed in the border area and was not in the court.

The one who is best at using troops in this court is the General Xiaohunhou of the Cavalry. To a large extent, Chu Tianxiu should judge whether to send troops to attack the Huns.

They still trust Chu Tianxiu's combat effectiveness very much.

Chu Tianxiu glanced at the expectant young emperor and the civil and military ministers in the court, sighed and said, "I will prepare as soon as possible. After the autumn grain is harvested, I will send a large amount of military rations to Taiyuan City so that I can regain Shuofang.

Only after taking it back to Shuofang can we counterattack the grassland...to realize the long-cherished wish of the late emperor!"

Today's Great Chu Dynasty was completely different a year ago.

This month, after the destruction of the ten princes, the territory of counties actually controlled by the Great Chu court at least doubled, and the privately owned food, grass, taxes, and soldiers of the vassal states were naturally dispatched by the central court. This doubled the strength of the Great Chu court.

In addition, half a year ago, all the copper coins and salt and iron were collected from the central government. This also doubled the central government's fiscal revenue in a short period of time.

After a rough calculation, the strength of the Great Chu court has increased by at least 3 to 4 times.

This is a very terrifying strength.

This means that after the autumn harvest, the Great Chu court still had a huge surplus of money to invest in military affairs in addition to disaster relief.

And this is obviously extremely beneficial to attacking the Huns.

"Sir, support!"

Kong Hanyou and Wang Su looked at each other and nodded tacitly.

The combat effectiveness of the 500,000 elite cavalry of the Xiongnu was probably more than 10 times stronger than that of the allied forces of the ten princes. It only took two or three months for the Great Chu Dynasty to destroy the ten princes, but it had been fighting with the Xiongnu for decades and had no victory or defeat so far.

If Xiao Hunhou goes to the northern border and fight with the Huns, it is probably not difficult to decide the outcome in seven or eight years.
Chapter completed!