Chapter 108: The Wolf Is Coming
At the foot of Helan Mountain, the first beacon that ignited the accumulated salary had been captured by the Huns, and the flint wanted to surrender, but was killed by the Huns who were annoyed that he had exposed his whereabouts.
"King Julin! These beacons are not worth attacking, let them light the beacon fire, and after going deep into the plains, there are rich lilu and towns everywhere. β
Lu Fang's eldest brother Lu Yu is the guide of this entry, his family has Xiongnu blood, and there are many Hu people in the stable subject country, and the Xiongnu can still speak.
It's just that like the different counties in the Central Plains, the accents of the Xiongnu tribes are very different, and even different language families, and Lu Yu can only communicate with King Julin in a row and row.
Two months ago, Lu Yu infiltrated the outside of the fortress on the order of Lu Fang, and arrived in Doudi to meet the king of Wen Puppet, who was closest to the border fortress, and also informed him of the movements of the new army in the new Qin.
This matter was reported to King Youxian, and King You was also very interested in Lu Fang, the "clan relative of the Han family", but at that time, it was rumored that Lu Fang was dead, and his head was hung in Chang'an, which made Lu Yu sad, and it was not until last month that he re-contacted Lu Fang, who was "resurrected from the dead".
After the right Xian Wang gathered heavy troops to chase and annihilate the general Han Wei, the Hun herdsmen stripped off the clothes and armor of the new soldiers, but the little kings of the various departments were a little unwilling, and they lost a lot of money in this battle, so Lu Yu took the opportunity to propose: "Han Wei lost his division, the new Qin must be empty, if you can send thousands of horsemen to attack it, it will definitely be like a hungry wolf into the sheepfold, a full meal, Wen Bo will also be there to respond." β
King Youxian was a little moved, in the past ten years, the Xiongnu and the new dynasty fought against each other, only attacked Wuyuan, Daijun and other places, and the rich new Qinzhong has not yet set foot in it, and now he has found an opportunity, he really shouldn't miss it.
What's more, bringing that Liu Wenbo to Shan Yu Court, Da Shan Yu may still be of great use.
He sent King Julin to send thousands of horsemen to follow Lu Yu, and the Hu cavalry bypassed the southern foot of Helan Mountain and swept away towards the unsuspecting plain!
"Where is Liu Wenbo? How do I contact him? β
"On the other side of the river, on the other side of the river!"
The sky was already clear, Lu Yu looked up at the beacons in front of him one after another, and changed to a pillar of smoke during the day, and said with a smile: "Wen Bo, I have seen the signal!" β
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Looking at the beacon fire and smoke pillar on the west bank of the Yellow River, it was not only Wu Lun and others, but also Lu Fang.
Lu Fang was dressed in a goat's fur, riding a horse on the high place of the bronze mountain gorge, with his hand on his forehead, and he saw from a distance that thin pillars of smoke rose in dozens of miles, and the black pillars of smoke were so eye-catching in the blue sky.
That's right, when some people got up to pee on the mountain last night, the fire seen in the distance was not dazzling, it was really a beacon warning!
This is an enemy situation for the soldiers and civilians in the new Qin, but for Lu Fang, it is the friendly army that has finally come to help!
"Heaven will never stop me."
"Heaven is endless!"
Lu Fang opened her arms and thanked the sky, tears welling up in her eyes. Although the Huns' aid arrived two months late, they arrived in time for the middle of winter to fall and Lu Fang fell into a desperate situation.
In the past two months, they have been forced to abandon their hometown, and the feeling in the ravines and ravines of the earth is really terrible, and in the cold wave of late autumn, hundreds of people died of illness and starvation, and they went to Tewu County, where the harvest was harvested, to loot. If the number of people is small, they will be driven away by the soldiers arranged by the fifth lun, and the large-scale dispatch is afraid of provoking the encirclement and suppression of the government, so they can only survive, and they are not far from his betrayal of his relatives.
Now that everything is fine, Lu Fang has already sketched out a big plan in his heart: it is good to stabilize the subject country and Sanshui County, but it is far inferior to Xinqinzhong! This rich stuffed Guanzhong, with a household registration of 100,000, the west of the Hun father, the north can enter Shuofang, the south can threaten Longyou, it is a good place to gather people to do big things.
Lu Fang's horn sounded among the bronze mountains, and three or four hundred unkempt Qianghu horsemen and his men came out of the ravines and looked at him with blank eyes.
"Let's go!"
Lu Fang beckoned everyone: "Follow this king to attack Tewu County, assist the Xiongnu friends, and take the new Qinzhong!" β
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It took more than 100 years for the Han Dynasty to completely change the face of this grassland.
A large number of immigrants and soldiers carved out arable land and cultivated grains in the inhospitable fields. At the same time, the Pavilion Sui Tu Road is becoming more and more perfect, and the Post Office looks at each other on the road, because it is close to Hu Rong, so the people are still martial.
However, in the past 60 years, the armament of the new Qin has become increasingly relaxed, and with the permanent peace between the Han and the Xiongnu, the local people have not heard the voice of the border police for three generations.
Only the oldest of the old people in Lilu will talk about the years of beacon fire in the story under the poplar tree in the afternoon, and talk about the time when the Hu Lu retaliated for the raids and plundered, the beacon would light fireworks all night to warn the city to be on guard, and also let the people see it and take refuge.
And if they didn't have time to escape, the Hulu, who came and went like the wind, would snatch anything they could see that could be carried away on horseback, and kidnap wives, girls, and even strong men.
In the years when these things happened, most people's fathers and even grandfathers had not yet been born, and they just listened to them, and they didn't have much concept of the ferocity of Hu Lu, but they felt that the Hu people who came from Doudi to trade with each other were quite kind, and the two sides would pat each other after exchanging goods.
"In my opinion, the Huns are far less hateful than the new army, and when they really can't survive, it's not bad to go out of the jam and throw themselves into the Hu." This is the naΓ―ve view of some young posterity, which only makes the old people who have experienced that era shake their heads.
And today, those situations that only appear in stories have finally become a reality.
Cry wolf!
Feng Sui could call the police, but could not stop the enemy, along the avenue and the steppe, countless horses leaped up and down, on horseback were Huns wearing pointed felt hats, each carrying a bow and arrow, whistling. The smoke and dust raised by tens of thousands of horses' hooves made people panic.
The people were stunned for only a moment, and soon they reacted, and immediately left the wilderness and returned to the village or the countryside according to the response told by the old man in the story.
On the first day, Lian County bore the brunt of the attack, the gate of the county was already closed, and the Huns glanced at the wall four or five men high, and when they approached, they were hit by a burst of crossbow arrows, and immediately abandoned the beast, which was too big to mouth, and focused on besieging the small prey outside the wall.
The battle was fought in various towns and powerful dock forts, and with the help of manpower and armor, the improvised Ding Zhuang were able to deal with the Xiongnu herdsmen. It was the ordinary lilu that suffered, and it was difficult for the low inner wall to stop the attack, except for the beacons, there were constantly fireworks rising from the people's homes, and the Huns who had succeeded did not listen to the orders of the king of Lin, and only drove the women and children to turn westward.
Those who failed to obtain the spoils of war continued to march eastward the next day, crossed the shallow Guanglu Canal, burned and plundered all the way, and invaded the territory of Lingzhou County.
The local people learned from the refugees who fled from Lian County that it was difficult for Lilu to stop the brigade of Hulu, so they helped the old and the young, and planned to hide in the county seat, but they only arrived at the foot of Shanghe City, and the Huqi had already appeared far away, and Shanghe City hurriedly closed the gate, isolating thousands of people from the city.
Liang Qiuci was a little unbearable, but the county governor and the local three elders strongly persuaded him, saying that Hu Lu didn't know how long he would stay, the more people he contained, and the food in the city was tight, he could only shout on the city wall with tears in his eyes: "The city is crowded with people, the garrison is insufficient, and it is impossible to fight with Hu Lu in the field, so you wait and cross the Yanqu and cross the river to the other side!" β
The people begged for help to no avail, so they could only continue to walk east, passing by the Haoyouwu Fort on the edge of the Yanqu, and then went to knock on the door, and some Haoqiang were willing to open the door to accept a part, but most of them did not care about the life and death of the villagers.
Thousands of people had no choice but to wade across the canal and rush towards the ferry called "Huangsha Spit".
There are few boats at the ferry, and there are many people who want to live, and for a time it is crowded with people, helping the old and the young, bringing men and women, rolling across the river.
To add insult to injury, there are several streams of smoke and dust in the northwest direction, which is getting bigger and bigger, and a Huns are also chasing here, and their brigade of men and horses are busy looting the Heqiyuan and No. Fei Yuan, which raise war horses, only more than 100 chase to the river, only feel that they are developed, so they come by horse, and they can grab a few are several, give priority to women, if there is an obstruction, they will cut with a knife, causing the people in the rear to scatter and run in fear, and the shore is even more crowded.
In the past, the "kind" Huns in the eyes of the people of New Qin were red-eyed, laughing, and kept holding their bows and shooting at the crowded crowd, very arrogant.
No matter how well-behaved the wild dog is, it is still a wolf after all, and after seeing the blood, its original form is revealed.
"I'd rather face Hu Lu and die than die with an arrow in the back, and there is a bloody son, follow me back and kill Hu!"
A young man couldn't help it, drew his knife and called the men to turn around, and hundreds of people relied on farm tools to drive the Huns back to Yanqu, relying on shallow ravines to block their advance, buying time for the people crossing the river, but more Hu people were also rushing to this side.
The people who crossed the river were more anxious, there were lucky Chinese families who stuffed all the coils to the boatman, boarded the boat and crossed the river, and many people were desperate, jumped into the water to help the boat gang, the boatman beat up, but it was useless, the older and more people went to drag the boat along the edge and wanted to escape, to the center of the river, the boat carrying too much weight could not hold on, and it capsized directly, and the boat full of people struggled to drift downstream, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
There were fewer boats, and the swimmers were trying to get into the water by the river, and the river was so cold in winter that they could only grit their teeth and try to dig to the other side. There are also men who tie a puffed sheepskin bag to their bodies, hold their children and want to float over, but they can only leave their parents and wives, and when they look back, their eyes are full of tears and crying.
This tragic scene is seen in the eyes of the people of Texian on the other side, most of them are compassionate, but the county magistrate is indifferent, but his face is full of horror, dragging the fifth Lun in military uniform, and strongly persuading: "Boyu Sima, you are just ordered to garrison Tewu County, even if Shanghe City falls, it doesn't matter about Sima's affairs, now the remnants of Lu Fang in the south of the county are still there, Sima still gives priority to guarding the land and the people, don't care about the other side!" β
"What's the difference between that and a neighbor's fire and not being saved?" Fifth Lun frowned and looked at the county commander and kicked him away.
He mentioned to them that he was sick this day.
The sins that are far away in the sky are beyond the reach of the Fifth Lun whip, and they can't be managed even if they want to.
But the killing that was close at hand, and his own inability was enough, but now he had more than a thousand soldiers in his hands, and he sat back and watched the Hulu wreak havoc on the west bank, and thousands of people cried in despair by the river. This may be a common thing in the officialdom of the new dynasty, but he can't pass the level in his heart, and he doesn't want to be belittled by Ma Yuan and others.
If this is the case, what is the difference between those who are peaceful and sarcastic, those generals who are as cowardly as chickens, and those kings who are brave enough to resist the enemy but abuse the people in a good way?
"Tewu County will be handed over to Bohu."
Wu Lun turned his head and said to the military candidate Xuan Biao, but what can Xuan Biao do as a clerk? The person he is entrusting to his back is actually Ma Yuan next to Xuan Biao, the newly recruited "guest" of the Fifth Lun.
Ma Wenyuan understood, hugged his fists and nodded at the fifth Lun, after seeing the beacon fire the day before yesterday, his men and horses had been pulled to the vicinity of the county seat, and the six hundred envy soldiers left here by the fifth Lun, together with the Zhang family and other powerful soldiers, were staring at the south, just waiting for Lu Fang to attack.
"Obey Sima's orders, there will be no mistakes!" This is Ma Yuan's promise, in the past, the three of them cut off the county poisoning tumor and did the right thing for the sky, but today, like the name "Soldiers of the People" given to the fifth battalion by the fifth Lun, they have to be a strong shield to protect the people.
And Wan Xuan stood at the ferry on the east bank with the six team members, and they were named by the fifth lun to go with him to the west bank!
The faces of the people were different, like ten thousand people, who witnessed the atrocities of the Huns, and were filled with righteous indignation; Like the Seventh, he is accustomed to killing and dying and is indifferent.
There are even many people with pale faces, since the formation of the fifth battalion, they have only shot and killed friendly troops who fled in a hurry, and they have fought a little with Lu Fang's troops. But on the other side are groups of Huns, who have destroyed the Hulu who swallowed the general Hu, and everyone can't help but be afraid.
Some people even muttered secretly: "If you want to save the people of this county, I am willing, but the other generation is not a special martial artist, why bother to save it?" β
They gradually accepted the Fifth Lun's preaching before the dinner on weekdays, "The people will be clothed and fed, and we will protect the people", but they understood this to mean that the people of Tewu County.
The people from other counties on the other side, Zhu Tu Yong has never received any favor from them, what does it matter to them whether they live or die?
Nine out of nine people in the fifth battalion have such a low level of consciousness, even if they are full of compassion and unbearable, they still hesitate when they really want to fight in the past.
It is not possible to talk to this group of people about the truth, and the fifth Lun can only come in a simple way: "Gentlemen! β
"Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, with a coat of water, such as lips and teeth, the lips are gone, and the teeth are cold!"
"Think about it, if our neighbors are attacked by jackals today, and they shout for help, if we sit idly by, then when the wolves come to our house in the future, can we expect someone else to help?"
"Therefore, we have to protect not only the people of Tewu County."
"It is the entire New Qin people who want to be protected."
Sooner or later, it will be the people of the world who want to protect!
"Come with me, tell Hu Lu that there is good wine when a friend comes, and if the jackal comes, it will be greeted only by sharp arrows!"
"We are willing to be captured with Sima!"
The sound level is uneven, there is no sense of majesty at all, and the fifth Lun doesn't care, even if it is a bad soldier, it has to be dragged over.
Let them wash in cold water, temper them in the war of arrows, eliminate and grow in blood and fire, and let them change little by little.
"Why don't I need to exercise myself?"
Fifth Lun slapped his hand that was excited by the cold water, and was a little trembling, hiding it in his chest and clenching it into a fist, he didn't have the bottom of this battle.
The twelve boats provided by Zhang Chun's family rowed from the upstream, and the fifth Lun took the lead in boarding, and turned around, even though his own soldiers were afraid, even if they had never been on the boat, they still gritted their teeth, and followed the army to wait for the seventh biao according to the usual queue, and when Bai Zang stepped on it angrily.
The ships shook, and they could only crouch, one against the other, the spears clenched tightly in their hands, and they breathed heavily.
Fifty people were full, and as the boatman beat the boat gang like a drum, and then beat the river, and rowed. In this way, with the hope of the people of the West Bank and the admiration of the people of the East Bank, he sailed to the other side.
The waves stopped the flying boat, and the fifth Lun stretched out his trembling hand, pointed it with his palm, and shouted in a hoarse voice:
"Cross the river!"
Like an echo, the trembling soldiers on the boat behind him, and the soldiers and people on the shore who watched the fifth lun go away, cheered, and the volume overpowered the sound of the water.
"Cross the river!"
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PS: The revision content is a little late.
(7/8 for the first order)