38 Xiongnu civil strife
Montenegro didn't wake up until noon the next day, slept for nearly a day and a night, and after getting up and had a big meal, Fang Jue was exhausted and full of energy, so he went to the shogunate to see the general Meng Tian!
After reading the military newspaper, I learned about the development of the war situation! The Xiongnu increased their forces to Yunzhong County, reaching 100,000. is attacking the city day and night, there are 20,000 Xin Shengjing cavalry, 10,000 infantry troops, and 6,000 crossbow soldiers in Yunzhong City. is defending with the high walls of Cloud City!
On the surface, Meng Tian's general curtain is still in Jiuyuan, and every day there are messenger sentinels riding in and out of Jiuyuan City, and there are legends in the city that the general has repeatedly ordered Xin Sheng to give up Yunzhong County and retreat to Shangjun. But it was rejected by General Xin Sheng, and the generals did not agree. There are also rumors among the Hu merchants in the city, the Xiongnu Lou Fu Department once had a frequent correspondence with the Qin army, this attack on the Xiongnu guards was Lou Fu Ministry, captured Da Shan Yu's wife and children, and Lou Fu was the leader of Lou Fu to show loyalty to Daqin.
These rumors not only spread to the Central Plains countries with the scouts, but also reached the ears of Dadan Yu Touman many times.
Da Shan Yu was so upset that he killed three slave girls who served him in a row. At first, he didn't believe these rumors at all, the father of the leader of Lou Fu, Ha Buri, was only a small leader of the Lou Fu Department before, and it was he who killed the big leader and helped him up with one hand! Later, no matter where he fought, Lou Fubu became his most loyal follower. He remembered the words of the commander who had been hacked to death by him, and he heard the attacker say under the car: "After these two men have been captured, Da Shan Yu's position will be the leader's sooner or later." Who is this chief?
Da Dan Yu's old man Sichensi's hair and beard are all white, he has always been Touman's most trusted brain, it can be said that without Sichensi's plan, Touman would not be where Touman is today. Da Shan Yu told Si Qins about his troubles. Sichensi's eyes were bright, and he pondered for a while, and said, "I don't believe it when it is said that Haburi robbed his wife and children to curry favor with the Qin State!" But his close relationship with Prince Maudun is well known. Could it be that you love your wife and children too much for someone to see? ”
Touman's head buzzed suddenly! He really loves his Natoya wife and Burenbaya too much, and has joked many times that Burenbaya is too much like him, and he will let him inherit his position in the future. Whoever is most reluctant to hear this, it must be the eldest prince Mao Dun, Lou Fu and Mao Dun are good friends. He seemed to understand something, but it was hard to believe. Said: "It won't be Maudun, I have made him my rightful heir!" ”
"I don't believe it either, but it's already happening, and you can summon Maudun and Habuzh to the horde and ask! See what they say? People who have ghosts in their hearts have twinkling eyes, but those who have a clear conscience have bright eyes! Szchens said.
"Go, and call Maudun and Habuzh to me at once." Touman Da Shan Yu said to the chief guard at the door.
The chief of the guard went away in response, and when he went to the tent of the two of them, he found that the two of them had gone hunting and had not returned. The chief of the guard knew Da Shan Yu's temper, so he had to ask the place and take dozens of people to find it! As soon as I went dozens of miles north, I saw the men and horses of Maudun and Haburi coming back! The chief of the guard hurriedly stepped forward to convey Da Shan Yu's words to the two of them.
Maudon is more cruel than his father, Touman, but he is very good at hiding himself. He has always been kind and generous to the people around his father. Seeing that the guard elder came from afar to find him, he took out a piece of jade pendant that he had with him, handed it to the chief of the guard, and said, "You have come all the way to the war, is it that you have started a war with the Qin State?" ”
The chief of the guard looked at the people around him and did not speak.
How clever Maudun was, he told everyone to rest in place, and took Haburi and the chief guard to rest under the tree next to him, and the chief guard told Maudun 1510 what had happened in the past few days. When Mao Dun heard this, he was shocked, he didn't expect so many things to happen in the ten days he went out, and when he heard that his thunderous father had killed three female slaves around him in a row, and then asked the chief guard to come and call him back, he was even more cold in a cold sweat. Touman has dozens of women, and there are more than a dozen sons alone, if he doubts himself, he will definitely kill himself without hesitation.
Mao Dun quickly calmed down, summed up with Ha Buri, and decided that only by striking first could he survive. He made a plan and joined forces with Ha Buri. After he came back, he heard from the guards who had bought his father that there was nothing abnormal in his father's big tent guards, so he picked more than a dozen first-class men, pretended to offer wild game, carried wild boars and wild deer to the outside of the big tent, and personally led people to rush into the big tent, preparing to kill Touman without saying a word. Originally, Touman was talking to Szczes in the tent, but suddenly he was in a hurry, so he went to the back of the big tent to solve it. At this time, Maudun rushed in with his men, and his subordinates were ordered to kill the people inside, so they slashed at Szchens. Touman found out that something was wrong in the back, and immediately cut the tent with a knife, escaped, and immediately mobilized troops to kill Mao Dun's men and capture Mao Dun alive. At this time, Habs thought that Maudun had succeeded, and he also led his army to come! Although Touman was defenseless, he had too many troops under his command, and after half a day of fighting, he killed all tens of thousands of people in the Lou Fu Division! Of course, he also lost a lot, and the entire Daqing Mountain was full of blood.
Looking at the messy Daqingshan camp, corpses were everywhere. Touman sent people to Lou Fu to strangle the entire Lou Fu clan. While thinking about where to move! Several times I was so angry that I wanted to kill Mao Dun, but in the Huns, it was very common for the son to kill his father and seize power, but the father couldn't kill the son, and the youngest son was still in Cloud City, and his life and death were unknown! Touman's eldest son rebelled, and the younger son was very important. When news came from the scouts of all sides, Xin Sheng of Cloud City refused Meng Tian's order to withdraw from Cloud Middle County, and Meng Tian's army did not rush to Yun Zhongcheng's aid. Touman decided that the whole army would kill the city in the clouds and seize the city in the clouds. He summoned the generals and told everyone that no one objected, because the hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu troops were all cavalry, and the east, west, and north of Yunzhong County were vast grasslands, and if the Qin army came to help, they could withdraw to the steppe at any time. This is also the reason why for hundreds of years, the Central Plains can only defend against the Xiongnu and cannot take the initiative to attack.
Touman is also a military genius, he has swept the Western Regions in the past 20 years, and won more than 100 battles, he is definitely not a mediocre talent. Touman sent many scouts to monitor the armies of Zhao and Qin, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he finally led hundreds of thousands of troops to kill in Cloud City. Where did he think that everything that seemed to happen naturally recently was the conspiracy of General Meng Tian and several generals.
When Touman's army marched west, Meng Tian had already received a report from the scout! "This cunning head man is finally going to be trapped!" Meng Tian said excitedly. The generals were so excited that they were gearing up.
Meng Tian said: "The Xiongnu army, with baggage, cattle and sheep, is expected to arrive in Yunzhong City in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. Inform all heavy infantry to secretly move towards Cloudsdale from the corridor. Arrive at the designated location the night after tomorrow. The heavy cavalry arrived at the designated place the night after tomorrow. Inform Xin Sheng that as soon as the Xiongnu army is discovered, it will immediately break through to the south, and we will send another fleet to meet them. ”
Montenegro said: "You can ask Xin Sheng to give Da Shan Yu's son a cold shower and let him have a small fever." Leave your wife and children in Cloudsdale and return them to him. Their husband and wife are reunited, and their beloved son has a small illness, I think Touman is happy and distressed about his son's condition, and will stay in Cloudsdale for a few more days! ”
"Hahaha, Montenegro has even used a children's cold meter, and the Huns can not be defeated!" All the generals are talking about it.
Cloud City, Xin Sheng has held out for ten days, due to the full preparation, with the high walls of the city, and the most advanced bows and crossbows, the siege of 100,000 Huns day and night is not cheap at all, and nearly 10,000 corpses are piled up under the city wall. When he received the general's secret order, he was also very excited. Without hesitation, he gave Touman's son a cold shower until he was sure that he had a cold. The Xiongnu army outside the city also stopped attacking the city and waited for the arrival of the army.
Ten miles south of Yunzhong City was the Great River (later the Yellow River), so the siege of the Xiongnu was relatively weak! When the Xiongnu army was found in Xicheng, Xin Sheng immediately ordered to break through to the south, the south gate suddenly opened, and dozens of bed crossbows with good strings were pushed out for the first time, and at the same time shot at the besieging slave army, Xin Sheng's heavy cavalry immediately rushed up. At the same time, dozens of big ships also docked on the north bank of the Yellow River, a small group of heavy cavalry disembarked from the south to the north to rush to kill, although the fierce slaves had already been prepared, but also could not resist the front and rear attacks of the heavy cavalry army, only one round, the defense line was torn apart, the Qin army in the city broke through, when the angry Hun general led people to chase after them, they were greeted by crossbow arrows from the ship, and they could only watch the Qin army go by boat.
Just when the Hun general was angry, his subordinates reported: "I found Da Danyu's wife and son in the city, and they are all safe and sound!" ”
The Xiongnu generals were overjoyed, although the Qin army ran away, saving the lady and the little prince was a big victory, and immediately ordered: "Enter the city to clean the streets and welcome Da Danyu into the city!" ”
At dusk, Touman Dadanyu arrived at Yunzhong City with a large army, and Touman also knew a little about the art of war, and ordered a large camp to be built in the west and north for five miles to live in 100,000 iron cavalry, and Yunzhong City became a horn. He led an army of nearly 200,000 to enter the city, and the army, which stretched for dozens of miles, did not enter the city until midnight. Fortunately, this empty city is big enough and has many houses, and it is in good condition! Touman really rewarded his subordinates for their ability to attack the city, and also saved the little prince and his wife, and rewarded dozens of his maiko to the generals, and then walked into the backroom to see his beloved wife and son!
As soon as Touman walked into the backyard, the beautiful Natoya immediately pounced on him and cried. Touman checked Natoya's body, and called two maidservants to inquire about it, confirming that the beautiful wife was not ruined by the Qin people, and her mood was much more relaxed! Only then did he enter the house to check on his youngest son. Seeing that her son's face was flushed and unconscious, Natoya said, "The wizard has just come to see it, and there is nothing serious, but he was a little frightened and cold. The wizard said to drink some medicine, and he prayed to the immortal heaven again, and it would be soon!
Seeing that his wife and children were safe and sound, Touman's unhappiness in the past few days was swept away, and he ordered a banquet to reward the three armies! That night, the smell of wine and barbecue filled the entire Cloudsdale City! Touman feasted the leaders of the Huns to celebrate the rescue of his concubine and son. For a while, the singing and dancing were leveled, and the cups were staggered. After Szcze's death, a middle-aged man named Bayard became Touman's first advisor. He said to Touman: "Although Cloud City is good, but there is a big river to the south, if Meng Tian's army blocks the way to the north, our army will be forced to fight a decisive battle with the elite heavy cavalry of the Qin army!" It is very bad for our army. Cloudsdale is not a place for us to stay for a long time, we still have to go back to Daqingshan as soon as possible to be invincible! ”
Touman said: "This city is indeed not conducive to cavalry mobility, and the scouts have come to report that Meng Tian's army is still in Jiuyuan City, which is hundreds of miles away. The little prince is having a fever, rest for a day or two, and it's not too late for us to withdraw to Daqingshan! ”
"Da Danyu, the Central Plains people are scheming, the Huns have failed twice before, they are all careless, and they are ambushed! I thought we might as well get out of here as soon as possible! Bayard advised.
"Don't worry! I've released the scouts fifty miles away. In addition to Meng Tian's army with wings, otherwise as soon as he moves, I will know, when the little prince's condition is better, we will go back to Daqingshan, you see what Meng Tian can do to me! Touman said confidently.
Singing and dancing everywhere! But they didn't know that twenty miles outside the city, the heavy armored infantry of the Qin army were drilling out of the Yong roads one after another, they didn't make any sound, a semi-circular encirclement with Yunzhong City as the center point, a radius of more than 60 miles in 20 miles was forming, and many pre-dug Yong roads, as long as the top was lifted, it was a trench to prevent cavalry conflicts! The 300,000 infantry troops that had secretly gathered around through the Yongdao for several days quickly arrived at their designated positions! 150,000 heavy horsemen also rushed towards Cloudsdale under the cover of night.
The scouts of the Xiongnu soon discovered the movement of the Qin army's heavy cavalry, and the sentinel cavalry was rushing to Yunzhong City from all over the night overnight! It's a pity that most of them were shot dead or captured by the prepared Qin army, and none of them entered the city.
As soon as it was dawn, a Hun patrol was the first to discover this sudden encirclement, and immediately hurried back to the camp to report it. The garrison outside the city immediately blew the horn and sent people into the city to report the big order.
As soon as the chief of the guard heard that he was surrounded by the Qin army, he knew that the matter was important, and immediately went inside and shouted to wake up Da Shan Yu. Da Dan was in a good mood last night, drank a lot of wine, and fought Natoya for a few rounds, and he hadn't gotten up yet. As soon as he heard that he was surrounded by the Qin army, he immediately pushed away the naked Natoya, stood up, pushed away the maids beside her, and asked while dressing: "Isn't the main force of the Qin army in Jiuyuan, which is hundreds of miles away?" How can you surround my 350,000 troops overnight? Even if they had wings, there wouldn't be that many centaurs! Send out the sentinels immediately, inquire in all directions, and come back to report! ”
The Qin army did not attack, but tried to strengthen the defensive line, and the rammed earth walls were constantly rising to form a line.
When the sentinels sent out came back to report that the Qin army was building earthen walls on three sides, he immediately understood what this meant! Immediately give the order to blow the trumpet and gather the generals!
After a while, all the leaders gathered, already knowing that they were surrounded, and all of them lost the spirit of last night, and their faces were full of sorrow!
Touman knew that time was of the essence, and without a word of nonsense, he ordered: "In units of five thousand horsemen, ten units take turns to assault north, each with a bag of soil, and fill the ditch!" Act now. ”
Before noon, the Huns' horns were raised, and they quickly gathered ten or five thousand cavalry units, preparing to attack the Qin army's defense line in the north!
Meng Tian had already taken precautions, he knew that the first few days of the siege were the most difficult, seeing that Shan Yu was preparing to attack, he saw that he waved his order, and a phalanx of 20,000 heavy armored infantry marched outside the defense line with neat steps and drove towards the Xiongnu army. With another wave of the commanding flag, a 20,000-strong armored iron cavalry also drove into the battlefield! The two phalanxes, all with bright armor and bright swords and guns, are the real elite army of the Qin army. The two phalanxes stood upright in front of the defensive line, their iron swords beating their shields neatly, and the sound of killing resounded through the clouds.
Meng Tian and the envoys of the Six Kingdoms who had been invited to watch the battle stood on several cloud carts, which slowly rose to a height of ten zhang under the control of several sergeants. You can see the big picture!
The Qin army's earth-shattering shouts of killing frightened the envoys of various countries trembling. The envoy of Qi asked the envoy of Wei: "Shangqing, why are your feet shaking?" The envoy of Wei said in disguise: "I'm afraid of heights, why are you trembling?" The Qi envoy also replied: "I'm also afraid of heights!" Several people suddenly smelled the smell of urine, and when they saw it, the envoy of Chu State had trembling feet and a puddle of urine at his feet, which was steaming. The envoy of Chu had no choice but to say, "I...... I don't ...... Don't be afraid, I'm ...... I drank too much last night! ”
Tou Man understood that if he wanted to storm the defensive line, he had to deal with these two phalanxes first, and he had long heard of the horror of the Qin army's sharp soldiers, and he used to scoff at them and disdain them. He once said to his subordinates many times: The people of the Central Plains are sheep, and the Qin army is only a stronger sheep. When I saw the military might of the Qin army today, I knew that I was very wrong! With just two phalanxes, there are only two kinds of people who dare to face more than 300,000 Hun iron cavalry and still have no change in face, one is a fool, and the other is an absolute strength, obviously the Qin army in front of him cannot be a fool! Not enough, as the commander, he clearly knows that he must be calm, and as soon as he is afraid, the whole army will collapse!
Tou Man looked very calm and shouted, "These Qin people, they can't find their way to see Immortal Heaven!" Warriors, rush up and surround them and give them a ride! Kill! ”
50,000 iron cavalry went straight to the heavy cavalry phalanx, and 20,000 iron cavalry entered the infantry phalanx. The earthy yellow Xiongnu iron flow soon collided with the black iron flow. The Qin army's iron cavalry scattered and rushed over in an orderly manner with the sound of the big drum, three cavalry formed a small unit, three three cavalry formed a team, and the three small teams formed a larger combat unit. It is the proud battle method of the god of war Bai Qi, one by one, three riding cones. Each knight has thousands of troops at your disposal, and he only needs to be responsible for the enemy with a 120-degree perspective in front of him, covering each other and cooperating tacitly. The Hun cavalry soon knew that the Hun army had been killed, and it seemed that the Hun army surrounded the Qin army, but in fact, their own people were squeezing each other, and the scimitar was cut out here, and an iron sword was immediately cut behind it. And the Qin army moved with dozens of three riding cones together with the drum beat, and even the number of steps moved was exactly the same. Soon, the Hun cavalry fell in pieces, and the Qin army always maintained a consistent formation, and occasionally there were deaths, and the people behind immediately filled the position, and those who were injured and fell off the horse could also be protected by their comrades and retreated into the center of the large array as soon as possible.
Look at the phalanx of 20,000 iron cavalry shock infantry. The infantry phalanx is also a combat unit of three people, a shield hand holding a large shield in one hand and a dusty wooden hammer in the other, a heavy sword on the left holding a ten-pound heavy sword, and a spearman on the right, all wearing heavy armor, very brave. The spear is far away, the heavy sword is close to the cut, the shield hand is responsible for protection, the wooden hammer is dedicated to the war horse, the normal war horse is not a big problem with ordinary knife wounds and arrow wounds, and the wooden hammer is dedicated to smashing the horse's head and joints, and the war horse is either dead or injured when the hammer goes down, and can no longer stand. At first, the two armies collided, and gradually applied to both sides, and finally the black army slowly outflanked the two, and the earthy yellow cavalry looked much larger than the black at first, and after a while, the earthy yellow color was rapidly decreasing, and finally it was slowly surrounded by the black army.
Tou Manshan Yu found that something was wrong, and seeing that the 20,000 cavalry was about to be surrounded by the infantry army, he immediately ordered a horn to retreat!