Chapter 10: The Butterfly Effect

Go back to three days ago.

After Lu Yi learned that the Xiongnu army might fall into the encirclement, according to Han Rui's proposal, he ordered his subordinates to collect Shilongrui with all their might, squeeze its juice, and mix it with the salt of the army.

According to Han Rui, as long as the amount is small, it can make the army retreat without a fight, and it will not hurt people's lives.

The big Aries is bald, and it feels very strange to see Lu Yi's command men busy picking wild vegetables all day long.

went to ask, but only Lu Yi said: We Han people just love to eat wild vegetables, don't make a fuss!

Bald instinctively didn't want to believe the words of the Han people, so he sent his subordinates to find some stone dragons and let them eat them.

As a result, within half a day, the sturdy warrior who had eaten the stone dragon rui vomited and diarrhea, his lips turned purple, and he looked poisoned.

Even if he was a fool, he understood Lu Yi's purpose at this time, so he put him under house arrest.

Escorted all the way, and yesterday, escorted Lu Yi to the outside of Yunzhong City, the place where the Xiongnu Right Xianwang Wang's tent was.

When King Youxian learned that he was furious and was about to execute Lu Yi, he heard Lu Yi shouting, saying that his move was to save the army from dying?

After a careful inquiry, I learned that the cunning Han Dynasty had long known that he would lead an army to attack this time.

Lu Yi's move was to let the army retreat as soon as possible and not fall into the encirclement of the Han Chinese.

King Youxian scoffed at Lu Yi's statement, but he also knew that Lu Yi dared to do so, presumably because he had received accurate information.

Is it possible to retreat like this?

"Where is it so easy..."

This attack on Yunzhong was the first battle between Han and Hungary after the new Han emperor ascended the throne.

If Shan Yuting knew, that Shan Yu's nephew who was thinking about how to kill him all day long, I was afraid that he would be able to dance happily!

Not to mention, the resentment of the tribes without a fight will be unbearable for King Youxian.

The Xiongnu, as the first unified regime in the history of the steppe, had a rather alternative political system.

Such as the white sheep, Lou Fu, Zhelan and other tribes, in fact, are not Huns at all.

A few decades ago, these tribes were independent tribes or even kingdoms that dominated the steppe.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Meng Tian was killed by Zhao Gaolisi's edict, and the Great Wall Army under Meng Tian was leaderless.

Before the new general arrived, a roar from Daze Township plunged the world into an ethereal one.

The princes of the Qin court, who were on a vegetarian meal, were shocked and hurriedly recalled the Great Wall Army to defend Xianyang.

The Great Wall Army evacuated in a panic, and all the baggage could be lost, and they withdrew lightly from the grassland.

The nomads, who were originally forced by the Qin Dynasty's tiger and wolf army to dare not "go south to herd horses", hurriedly occupied it after discovering that there was no owner of a large area of fertile pasture in Munan.

The tribe that first occupied the Munan steppe was called the Xiongnu.

Relying on the fertile pastures, the Xiongnu tribe grew into a powerful tribe with a population of one million and 400,000 soldiers in a few years.

And the 'broken copper and iron' that the Qin army had no time to take away when they evacuated became the basis for the Xiongnu to dominate the grassland.

In the Qin period, the bronze smelting technology was already superb, reaching the pinnacle, almost reaching the peak of the Bronze Age.

They didn't care about the bronze swords, arrows, and all kinds of ordnance they had taken with them, which could only be described as bugs for the nomads who still used stone tools and even bone tools.

In the end, the Xiongnu army, armed with a bronze sword, a bronze crossbow on its back, a bronze helmet on its head, and bronze armor on its chest, defeated the overlord of the steppe Donghu in one fell swoop and became the new overlord of the steppe.

The original independent tribal regimes chose to surrender and annex to become the new Xiongnu tribes.

The relationship between these tribes and the Xiongnu properness was very delicate.

First of all, even if the main department is just a samurai, they are full of contempt for the other kings, thinking that their bloodlines are not noble enough.

And the other department, written as attached, is actually defeated and surrendered, where do you dare to ask for respect?

All they wanted was to survive under the protection of the Huns.

The only eternal rule on the prairie: live!

Every time there is a war, when Shan Yuting gathers all the tribes and wants to crusade against one side, in order to ensure that the other tribes will not contribute to the work, they will arrange the distribution of benefits in advance.

How many troops are guaranteed to be sent by other departments, and where to capture; And Shan Yuting assured that the amount of the score after the war would be given to this tribe.

After this transactional negotiation, the two parties reached a consensus, and the other troops knelt on the ground and shouted Long live Shan Yu, and Shan Yu gathered troops in court to fight against him.

Therefore, the system of the Xiongnu can be understood as a loose regime similar to a tribal alliance.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Xiongnu headquarters, Shan Yu was born noble, the son of the gods; But in the eyes of other departments, aside from the fear of Shan Yuting's military power, Shan Yu has not yet had a lamb of value.

This time, King Youxian led his army to attack Yunzhong, and as far as Shan Yuting was concerned, the purpose was naturally to knock and knock the new emperor of the Han people and swear his status as the big brother.

But for the Munan tribes, this trip was nothing more than a hunt, an operation to grab supplies for the winter.

If they retreat like this, the Munan tribes, who have not received any spoils, will inevitably feel resentment behind their backs, although they dare not speak against them in person.

And as the right virtuous king dominated by Mu Nan, he will also lose his prestige.

Thinking of this, King Youxian finally made up his mind: he must fight!

As for the encirclement of the Han Chinese, it was selectively ignored.

On the grassland, even if it is a child who is still riding a lamb, he knows that the Han people are powerful infantry.

As long as he makes a fierce attack, at least he can hit Yunzhong City hard to achieve the purpose of deterrence, and then sweep the streets of the villages outside the city, give the dividends to the troops, and then lead the cavalry group to escape, and nothing major will happen.

As for whether you can capture Cloudsdale...

Wei Shang, the existence that can cure children's night cries in the Huns, finally failed to withstand the ravages of the years and has died.

For the capture of Yunzhong, who lost Wei Shang, King Youxian has the confidence to win!

In the afternoon of the same day, King Youxian summoned the leaders of all the tribes and issued an order: We have been surrounded by the Han people, and if we want to survive, we can only capture Yunzhong City, defend the city, and wait for Shan Yuting's rescue!

The leaders of the various tribes were shocked, and they no longer cared about the spoils of war and the preservation of strength, and issued death orders to their subordinates: If you can't capture the clouds, everyone will die!

In this way, Han Rui's wings flapped slightly, and the trend of history changed dramatically.

The armed march of the Huns, which was similar to a feint attack and pressure, completely turned into a life-and-death battle!

In just one day, the garrison in Yunzhong suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the casualties were heavy.

The actual person in charge of Yunzhong, Wei Shang's only son, Wei Gudu, had no choice but to follow his father's example, go to the front line in person, and encourage the soldiers.

In the end, he was discovered by the Xiongnu Jebe (the condor archer), wounded by an arrow, and carried back to the county office, where his life and death are unknown.

At this point, the morale of the defenders was completely depressed and fell to the bottom.

At this time, Xiang Luanbu, the king of Yan, who had just returned from Chang'an and stayed in Yunzhong City, planned to go to Yandi one day, stepped forward to take charge of the defenders, organize the defense line, and recruit people to assist in defending the city.

Cloudsdale finally has a backbone, and there are new forces to help defend the city, and the defense line is gradually stabilized.