In the winter of the fourteenth year of Jianyuan, the Xiongnu army pressed the city, and the general Ji Jiu led 80,000 troops and went out of the city to meet the enemy. After three days of fierce fighting, the Huns retreated ten li and set up camp at Xiemapo.

Winter has just entered, it should not be so cold, but this year's astronomical phenomenon is a bit strange. After the Huns retreated from the army, it snowed heavily for three days, and the first snow was more than a month earlier than in previous years.

Shen Jue brought someone to see Ji Jiu, but it was Shen Hai.

Shen Hai smiled and saluted, which is the etiquette of his subordinates. Ji Jiu froze for a while, before hesitatingly said: "My grain and forage officer, could it be you?"

Shen Haidao: "The new officer takes office, please take more care of the general."

Ji Jiu did not expect that the emperor would transfer Shen Hai to be his grain and forage officer, and he felt relieved that this was overkill. With Shen Hai around, this battle will last for ten years, and he is not afraid that the army will run out of food.

Of course, he also naturally thought that Shen Hai came here to supervise the army for the emperor.

But at this time, Ji Jiu didn't want to think about it. No matter how vicious the emperor did over the years, he did not treat him badly, and he always trusted and relied on him.

When the snow stopped, Ji Jiu took Shen Hai up to the tower, climbed high and looked far into the vast white world again.

Ji Jiu was silent for a long time, looking at the distance in a trance. Shen Hai stood behind him and watched for a long time before he said, "General, don't worry about food and grass."

Ji Jiu turned around and asked, "Really?"

Shen Hai immediately replied: "Really!"

"What if I want to fight for ten years?" Ji Jiu asked, smiling, so that people couldn't tell the truth of this sentence.

Shen Hai was stunned for a moment. This time, he couldn't be more straightforward. Ten years, ten years of war, how many people died and how much money was spent. He couldn't give a straight answer.

Seeing that he was embarrassed, Ji Jiu patted him on the shoulder and said, "You're joking, why take it seriously. We spend ten years, how can the Huns afford it? They will only withdraw and stop playing with us."

Shen Hai breathed a sigh of relief, and after a while, he said, "How will the general fight?"

Ji Jiu said, "If it were you, how would you fight?"

"Our army has elite soldiers and strong generals. Since the south was pacified, we have been fighting hard for the past few years, just waiting for this battle." Shen Haidao: "As long as the generals go out of the city to meet the enemy, at most one month, they can be repulsed."

Ji Jiu listened, but did not speak.

Shen Hai didn't get any response. He knew something different and asked Ji Jiu, "How is the general going to fight?"

"Don't fight." The words Ji Jiu were thrown out very neatly, apparently after thinking about it for a long time. When he asked, he immediately threw them out.

Shen Hai's blood was hot, and these two words were poured down like ice water, and his whole body was suddenly cold. Standing blankly on the city tower, he didn't understand what Ji Jiu meant by "not fighting". I don't know if this answer should be told to the emperor.

What exactly does that mean? Shen Hai wanted to ask Ji Jiu, but when he looked up, he found that Ji Jiu had already descended from the tower.

This night Jijiu sent someone to the imperial city and asked the emperor to ask for some people.

A month later, the people he wanted arrived, and Ji Jiu took Shen Jue to pick them up in person. When the two sides met, they couldn't help laughing out loud. They patted each other on the shoulders and said long time no see.

Thirty-seven riders were all the teams that entered the desert that year. Fifty people entered the desert, and only 37 people followed.

Ji Jiu had long wanted to bring these people from the emperor's side to his subordinates, but he couldn't think of a good reason, and now there is still no reason, as long as he wants to use it, he will come.

Anyway, even Shen Hai has become his grain and forage officer. There must be more than 30 people, and the emperor will not be reluctant.

Of course the emperor would not be reluctant. This battle is for his country, and he is very generous.

However, Ji Jiu's actions caused many people in the army to become suspicious, not knowing what he wanted to do.

Since the Hun army came under the city, the general Ji Jiu only sent troops once, ordered the troops in person, fought for three days and three nights before returning, and then the Hun army retreated ten miles.

The Huns retreated because they lost the first battle and were tempted. After a round, the generals of both sides can understand the information they need, such as combat strength, morale, and the strengths and weaknesses of the arms.

And since Ji Jiu returned to the city, he ordered the city gates to be closed, only to defend and not attack.

After the heavy snowfall a month ago, the Xiongnu army reorganized and attacked the city again. One day and one night, the city was impregnable, and the Xiongnu army returned to Xiemapo again.

Ji Jiu didn't even bother to chase and kill, and the city gate was still closed. Just not a single soldier.

In the past month, the Huns have attacked the city nearly ten times, large and small. Except for the defense, these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses did not know what to do. Obviously morale is high, and the army is fierce, why not fight?

Therefore, as soon as Ji Jiu called the generals to discuss matters, there were generals with a hot temper, who immediately waited in the meeting room. For fear that this increasingly unpredictable general would go back and say nothing.

Even Shen Hai, the grain and grass official, hurried to the council hall, found the most inconspicuous place, and waited quietly.

After a while, everyone arrived, Ji Jiu walked to the main seat on time, and spread out the city defense map.

"South Gate, North Gate, East and West Gates, there have been wars recently," Ji Jiu glanced at the crowd and said slowly, "I've calculated, since the first battle, every siege battle, the enemy's army suffered damage. The number of soldiers is far greater than ours. Why?"

"Because they are not good at attacking cities." Ji Jiu asked himself and answered slowly: "The Huns are hunting on horseback. They are short and stout, and they are best at fighting on horseback. In recent years, we have focused on training archers. During the siege, many more people died under bows and arrows than under rolling stones."

"So we take advantage of the siege battle." Ji Jiu concluded, "Their morale is almost drained."

Then he sat on the chair, raised his hand and said, "What do you guys say next?"

The partial general Cheng Yu said: "Since the consumption is almost gone, we should dispatch our troops and defeat them in one go."

Someone retorted: "The general said that the Huns are good at horseback riding and shooting, even if we send out a large army, it may not be cheap."

Another said: "You are a man of great ambition."

Another said: "It's a fact."

Suddenly it became a pot of porridge.

Ji Jiu lay on the desk, clenched fists with both hands, doing nothing, gnawing at his own fists. Occasionally interjected, pointing to the left and saying, "You are right." After a while, he said to the right, "Well, you are right." So what was originally a polite dispute, under his incitement, the smell of gunpowder became stronger and stronger.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Ji Jiu stood up, propped up the table with both hands, and said tepidly, "You are all right."

The two sides stopped arguing, and both turned their heads and looked at their generals.

Ji Jiu tilted his head, squinted and smiled, and said, "Why not, what about Shen Jue?"

Shen Jue held the hilt of the sword and went out to bow: "General."

"You and General Cheng Yu, with 3,000 soldiers, are going to visit the Huns tonight." Ji Jiu said.

Shen Jue said, "Yes."

Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, and immediately shouted, "Three thousand? There's more than that for cuddling grass and hitting rabbits!"

Ji Jiu said, "It's just raking the grass to beat the rabbits." He added, "The Huns have come from a long distance. They thought they would face a fierce battle, but we didn't move, and they couldn't enter the city. It's already very passive. You go to stimulate and stimulate. He, so they can continue to attack the city tomorrow."

Sitting back in his seat, Ji Jiu smiled, and his voice suddenly had a vicious taste: "I just want them, they can't beat them, they can't move, and they can't be reconciled!"

What he said was really vicious, and the generals in the audience were all speechless.

Shen Hai in the corner couldn't sit still, he squeezed forward and said, "Then how will the general fight?"

"I want them to use up all the wealth they have accumulated over the years." Ji Jiu said lightly: "Use up their food and morale, and then eat their meat."

We must preserve our strength to the greatest extent possible, let as many soldiers as possible live in this war, and finally, use the preserved strength to exterminate them all!

Ji Jiu had already made plans, for fear that the Huns would be too careful and would not attack the city to consume their troops.

Ji Jiu looked at Shen Jue and Cheng Yu: "Tonight, wrap the horse's hoofs in cloth and put on light clothes. After an hour, I will bring someone to meet you. No matter how many kills or how many soldiers are damaged, there is only one hour."

The two took orders and stepped back.

Looking at the city defense map in front of him, Ji Jiu stretched out his fingers, rubbed the lines on the map slowly, and said, "One year. They will retreat in a year, so it's time for us to attack."

The beginning of a war is different for each general.

For Ji Jiu, everything has just begun.

At night, three thousand soldiers and horses quietly left the city, ran ten miles away, and broke into the Xiongnu camp. Because of the cold weather, their sudden appearance seemed like a dream. The enemy general Wu Laer desperately commanded to meet the enemy, and just after the situation turned around, the thousands of people withdrew. Wu Laer led the troops in pursuit, and halfway through, people on the left and right suddenly rushed out, accompanied by the rustling of the torches in the middle of the night, and the flames blazed into the sky in an instant.

The thousands of people who broke into the army disappeared into the large army in an instant. Wu Laer immediately turned around and withdrew his troops. The next morning, spies came to report, and the Huns retreated another twenty li.

Half a month later, the horn of siege sounded again, and the Xiongnu army, which was full of breath, attacked the city again.

Ji Jiu climbed up the tower, looked at the crowd of people below, and finally smiled. The enemy's commander-in-chief, the King of You Xian, Yelude'e, was in the center of the army, and on horseback he saw the general on the tower from a distance.

Ji Jiu also saw it.

The Huns royal family. Ji Jiu watched silently, telling herself that she still had to wait and couldn't gamble with the lives of the soldiers.

One year, another year, when they retire, it is time to send their own troops.