Needless to say, the quality of the Imperial Guards is needless to say.

Zhang Buyi didn’t get the title of big devil for nothing.

The order was issued, and the first batch of nearest troops arrived that night.

Looking at the city defense troops who came with them, the two armies formed a sharp contrast.

Although they were both tired, one still looked a little bit alive, while the other almost looked like a tired dog, panting heavily.

Within three days, no matter far or near, more than 40,000 forbidden troops gathered at the pass.

"Wang Hu, have you been unhappy recently?" Zhang Buyi asked calmly while standing on the city wall, looking at the Forbidden Army soldiers who had entered the military camp to rest.

"No, they are all very happy. They are extremely happy. But I am very unhappy. Otherwise, the general will throw me into the pot!" Wang Hu refused forcefully.

"You?" Zhang Buyi looked at Wang Hu seriously.

Then he shook his head and said: "You don't have much meat on your body, you might as well kill a sheep!"

"No matter how little meat there is, it's still meat, isn't it?" Wang Hu said sarcastically.

"Well, that makes sense!" Zhang Buyi nodded pretendingly: "Then find a few unhappy cows, and together with Colonel Wang, let's make amends for the soldiers!"

"I..." Wang Hu was stunned and couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

Is this a Han general?

When did the big man raise such a shameless general?

Can't you tell that I'm mocking you Zhang Buyi?

"Slaughter more sheep and make dried meat for the soldiers to take with them!" Zhang Buyi lazily went to tease Wang Hu again.

Because he felt that this guy was a bit neurotic, well, he was being played by him...

Cattle are a scarce commodity, and Zhang Buyi was very honest when he was in Luoyang.

This is because I recently noticed that something was not quite right, so I prepared some preparations for myself in advance.

As for the sheep, that doesn't really matter.

Even if Zhang Buyi ordered them all to be killed and made into dried meat, it would not affect anything. Wang Hu promised not to blink an eye and was even overjoyed.

In this way, he will be able to take care of these sheep with less forage.

After all, sheep are meant for eating, and apart from eating, they can't do anything else.

Next, the entire border began to smell of meat, and the smell of barbecue wafted everywhere in the sky.

There are two ways to make dried meat. One is to cook it first, then cut it into pieces, and finally dry it in the sun.

The other is to roast it directly on the fire. You can't use high fire. You need to cook the meat slowly and little by little and evaporate the moisture inside.

There is not much difference between the two methods, it is just a difference in taste.

Of course, it will taste very dry when you eat it.

Therefore, jerky is generally made in the late winter season.

Most of the meat selected comes from cattle and sheep that have been frozen to death in winter.

During this season, the weather begins to get warmer, and if you don't think of ways to prepare it, the meat will quickly thaw and become smelly and rotten.

Although it tastes bad, it is also a very suitable ration for troops marching long distances.

Basically, you can eat as much as you can carry, and it will rarely go bad unless it is continuously rainy and soaked in water.

The jerky of this period was not the same as the jerky of later generations, which could at best be considered preliminary processing.

Today's jerky is basically as hard as a brick. If you have bad teeth, you have to soak it in water before eating, or throw it in and cook it for a while before eating.

After another three days, the number of sheep in the military camp was decreasing rapidly.

The amount of dried meat was also piled up in one room after another. What was produced in three days was enough to feed the 80,000-strong army for a month.

Zhang Buyi especially likes to eat meat. He doesn’t need to eat so much, he can feel full easily and resist hunger.

"General, the Yuezhi people have gone south..."

"General, the Huns have gone south..."

"General, our scouts had a confrontation with the Huns scouts..."

"General, the Huns scouts are coming soon..."

The days went by, and every day, Zhang Buyi received the latest information.

Almost all the scouts in hand were released.

Now he needs a lot of information to support his next plan.

However, he just kept listening these past few days and never gave any orders.

When he heard that the Huns scouts were about to arrive at the border, Zhang Buyi reacted.

"Stop making jerky. There are only two thousand people left on the Great Wall. The rest should go hide below and don't make any noise!" Zhang Buyi calmly ordered.

"promise!"

"Wait a minute!" As soon as Huo Ren turned around, Zhang Buyi hurriedly stopped him, and then said: "Let me take down the general's flag, make a captain's flag and hang it up, and use your name!

"

Huo Ren was stunned for a moment, but nodded.

Soon, all the flags with the character Zhang were lowered and replaced by a school flag with the character Huo.

There is not a single general's flag on the entire Great Wall, and all the flags that should appear in the general's flag position are replaced by a school flag with the word "Huo".

The size of the general's flag and the school flag are different, with different shapes, colors, and designs.

Of course, the real flag is the words knitted on it.

However, there was no time. Fortunately, they had a lot of school flags without tattoos. They just brought them and wrote the word "Huo" in ink and the matter was over.

The Xiongnu scouts absolutely did not dare to get too close to the Great Wall, so even if they saw this flag from a distance, they would not notice anything unusual.

After half a day, a large number of Hun scouts began to appear in sight.

The place was very scattered, with about a hundred people.

They were not in a hurry, standing two miles away from the Great Wall and just looking at the Great Wall, neither approaching nor leaving.

Only fools would approach at this time.

The Great Wall was a permanent fortification for the Han Dynasty, and the defensive equipment on it was naturally top-notch.

Catapults, crossbows, everything you need.

When these two things work together, their attack range will be within one mile.

However, the Huns scout seemed destined to die here and refused to leave.

He even dismounted his horse to rest, and just looked at each other with the defenders on the Great Wall.

It wasn't until about half an hour before sunset that Zhang Buyi waved his hands impatiently: "Go out with five hundred people and drive them away!"

Of course, those who are going out are not the Forbidden Army, and the Forbidden Army cannot appear yet.

A battalion of the original cavalry troops was quickly pulled out, and they ran out through the city gate on their horses.

They reorganized their formation outside the pass and immediately charged towards the opponent.

And the Huns were not fools. They reacted the moment they saw the city gate open.

When they saw the cavalry leaving the city, they no longer lingered and dispersed directly to escape to the north.

Naturally, this attack ended in vain. It was not until sunset that the five hundred cavalry who left the city returned without any results.

At dawn the next day, the Huns scouts who had fled in all directions yesterday appeared outside the Great Wall again, still in the same position.

"General, the Huns want to target us to death!" Zhang Ao, the lieutenant general of the cavalry, looked into the distance and kept frowning.

He saw something unusual about the Huns, and based on previous intelligence, the Huns were obviously worried that the Han army would suddenly send troops to cut off their retreat, so they sent out scouts to monitor the Han army's movements.

"Just stare to death, what's the use?" Zhang Buyi stretched lazily.

Seeing that Zhang Buyi still had the same attitude, Zhang Ao became a little anxious.

"General, if we are constantly being watched by these Huns scouts, as soon as we send out troops, they will quickly notify the main force of the Huns. Although our equipment is better than that of the Huns and our combat effectiveness is not bad, we still have to be careful. If

The Huns set up an ambush, and even if we win, we're afraid it will be a miserable victory..."

"Keep it in your heart, the general has his own plan for this matter!" Zhang Buyi waved his hand.

Zhang Ao is older than himself, but in front of him, Zhang Ao is a junior.

Because he belongs to the same generation as Zhang Ao's father Zhang Er, Zhang Ao is at most a second generation.

Well, although there is a big age difference between the two of them, they both belong to the group of people who founded the country, so there is no difference if they are from the same generation.

Besides, Zhang Buyi’s status and closeness to the emperor are all.

How dare he, Zhang Ao, not call him uncle in private when they meet him?
To be continued...