And at this time, the offensive of the Huns began.

Dozens of trebuchets were under the command of the craftsmen, and the slaves turned the winches and tightened the noose, and the long wooden arms were bent to the extreme under the pull of the winch.

Then, with an order, the winch was released, the wooden arm bounced up, and the stones loaded in the wooden spoon and weighing several catties to more than a dozen catties were thrown to Yu Chengcheng.

Bang bang bang!

Suddenly, the stone rained down and smashed on the wall of Yuchengcheng, making a piercing sound.

There were at least eight stone bullets, which smashed directly on the head of Yu Chengcheng, and the stone bullets carried huge kinetic energy, and immediately created a bloody massacre - at least dozens of Dawan soldiers were smashed to the ground.

Those who were directly hit by stone bullets were even more miserable, and they died before they could even let out a wail.

"Don't panic!" Gree drew his sword and ordered in a loud voice: "Hold your ground!" ”

With his order, the army in charge of supervising the battle immediately suppressed the panic of the recruits.

This has to be praised, the military quality of the Dawan people.

Although most of the soldiers on the city walls were recruits, both the degree of organization and the obedience to orders were extremely high.

It's a pity that for the current Dawan people, this is a kind of sadness.

Because, the number of enemies they face, several, or even ten times more than theirs!

Yu Chengcheng, although it is also a male city in Dawan.

However, its permanent population is only more than 20,000 people.

Even now, because of the war, a large number of refugees have poured in, but the total population does not exceed 40,000.

In a city of 40,000 people, after deducting the old and weak women and children, there are more than 20,000 young people who can really go up to the city wall to defend.

Just like that, he was so young and strong, and he also divided part of it to make arrows, transport wounded soldiers, maintain order, and cook food.

As for the original defenders of Yu Chengcheng?

There are even fewer of them!

In the entire Yucheng City, there are now only an army of no more than 4,000 people.

This is also the reason why Gree has gathered more than a thousand defeated troops.

With such a limited number of elites, it is natural that they cannot be consumed on the city wall in vain.

They can only serve as firefighting teams, as reserves, ready to replenish and respond to the holes in the city's defenses.

And their enemies, the cavalry alone, numbered almost twenty or thirty thousand.

Infantry, archers, at least 60,000.

In other words, the Huns could attack in turn, from morning to night, using wheel warfare to consume the Yucheng defenders.

What's even worse is that the cavalry of the Huns has now completely cut off Yu Chengcheng's connection with the outside world.

Since yesterday morning, the water and land transportation leading to Ershi City and Guishan City has been completely cut off.

From now on, Yu Chengcheng will have no reinforcements, no supplies, and can only fight independently!

Therefore, at the beginning of the battle, Yu Chengcheng fell into a fate destined to fall.

The difference is only in the length of time.

The Huns knew this fact!

Therefore, from the beginning, they did not intend to give Yu Chengcheng a chance to breathe.

Dozens of artillery trucks bombarded the city walls of Yucheng City in turn from morning to night.

At the same time, the armies of the client states, under the cover of artillery bombardment, took turns to attack the city, testing the holes in the defense of Yuchengcheng, and at the same time creating pressure on the defenders in the city.

The siege battle, which lasted three days.

Yu Chengcheng still stands tall from the outside.

But, as everyone knows, this is just the beginning.

In the past three days, the Huns have only been tempting, and have never really attacked the city.

Most attacks will usually retreat when within range of the defenders' bows and arrows, or in an orderly manner when they are within range of the defenders' bows.

Obviously, the Huns were just teasing the defenders of Yuchengcheng.

Drain their stamina, energy, and arrow reserves while paralyzing the defenders and waiting for their chance.

Sure enough, by the afternoon of the fourth day, when the attack was made again, just when the defenders of Yuchengcheng thought that this time, as in the past, the Hun army would withdraw from under the city wall under the cover of shields and stone bullets.

From the attacking crowd, a team suddenly burst out shirtless, carrying hammers.

They stood out from the crowd in an instant, and then rushed towards the gate of Yu Chengcheng with a shout.

At the same time, the attacking troops, holding ladders, quickly followed, and erected the ladders to the city walls.

Subsequently, thousands of soldiers, under the supervision of their officers and nobles, climbed the city wall like ants along hundreds of ladders.

It was only at this moment that the defenders of Yu Chengcheng woke up from a dream and immediately commanded the archers to snipe.

It's a pity that it's still a step too slow.

The vanguard of the Xiongnu quickly climbed to the top of the city through the ladder, and then engaged in a fierce battle with the defenders of the city wall.

These people almost captured a position at the head of the city - fortunately, Gree had already taken precautions, and at this critical juncture, the regular army of Dawan, who had been waiting under the city tower, quickly rushed up the city wall, and drove these Huns off the city wall with spears and shields, so that they could hold this wave of attacks.

But the Huns, however, tasted the sweetness, and followed up the attack troops, constantly climbing up the ladder.

At the same time, at the gate of the city, the Hun warriors carrying siege rams took advantage of this opportunity to continuously hit the gate of Yucheng City again and again.

Fortunately, Yu Cheng's defenders had already taken precautions, and they had already blocked the city gate with sandbags and gravel, so that the Huns did not succeed.

Even so, in the impact that lasted for half an hour, the originally strong city gate of Yu Chengcheng was also somewhat deformed and even cracked.

By dusk, the Huns finally ended this attack, and in the fear of the defenders of Yuchengcheng, they left thousands of corpses behind, and retreated from under the city walls with ladders and other siege equipment.

It seems that Yu Cheng's defenders won.

But in fact, everyone knows that this city will definitely not last long.

Especially when the Huns showed the defenders of Yucheng their results in the Wubao and villages near Yucheng City - the corpses of more than 2,000 Dawan civilians, soldiers and civilians.

These terrible barbarians, without hesitation, will be those

The corpses of the civilians and the defeated army slaughtered by them were inserted into wooden stakes in front of Yu Cheng's defenders, nailed to the cross, and then lined up to show the defenders.

"Dawan people of Yu Chengcheng, listen well: now, abandon your weapons and surrender, born to heaven and earth, established by the sun and the moon, the king of kings, the great plough Gu Tu Your Majesty bends his knees and surrenders, and he can still live! Otherwise, on the day the city is broken, there will be no chickens and dogs! "A swaggering Xiongnu nobleman, armed with a captured Dawan spear, carried the body of a nobleman killed from a nearby Wu fort, and shouted loudly under the tower of Yuchengcheng City, intimidating the defenders.

Suddenly, the entire Yuchengcheng city was silent.

Anger, fear, fear, all kinds of emotions are intertwined.

It was then transformed into rumbling battle intent!

Unlike other Dawan nobles and cities, the Dawan people of Yuchengcheng have ancestors from the Laconian Plain, and they have the blood of the Dorians in their bodies.

Even if they are hundreds of years away from their homeland, even if they have been mixed with the Cypriots and Aryans in the east for more than ten generations, Yu Cheng still follows the tradition of their ancestors - absolutely martial! Never give in!

"Sparta!" Governor Gree of Yucheng ripped off the armor on his body, let his body be exposed, and first shouted: "Great Ares will protect us!" The gods of Olympus are above, and I swear by my soul that I will take revenge on these cruel barbarians! ”

"Sparta!" Thousands of Dawan soldiers shouted loudly after their governor.

For a time, the morale of the entire Yu Chengcheng was boosted to the extreme!

More than ten years ago, the army of the Han Dynasty pressed the border and besieged Yuchengcheng, they did not give in, did not surrender, but fought to the last moment.

Now, they still believe that they can fight to the end!

Even if it is death, drag those barbarians outside the city to hell!

It's a pity that these brave warriors have forgotten that today's Yu Chengcheng is no longer the Yu Chengcheng that they united more than ten years ago.

After the Han broke Yu Cheng, he carried out a major purge of the recalcitrant nobles and soldiers in Yu Chengcheng.

This almost broke Yu Chengcheng's backbone.

Subsequently, in order to restore Yucheng City, the Dawan people carried out a large number of immigrants here, and countless people from other regions, including the Dawans, Cypriots, Aryans, and even the nobles and slaves exiled in the Western Regions, poured in for more than ten years.

Among them, there are a large number of businessmen who come to Poison, Yueshi, and Kangju.

These people don't have any so-called Dorian plot at all, let alone any sense of honor.

Especially the merchants who came from the poison, they didn't care about the outcome of the war.

They care only about one thing – their lives and property.

Therefore, long before the Huns arrived in Yuchengcheng, these people had already sent people to contact the Huns, wanting to buy a life talisman for themselves.

Now, having witnessed the ferocity and barbarism of the Huns, these people were all terrified.

Thus, under the tandem of these self-poisoned merchants, some Cypriots and Aryans, who were also desperate for the future and despair for the future, were frightened and bold.

Then, those who came from the Western Regions also participated.

It was these people who made everyone make up their minds - they described the killing methods and punishments of the Huns in vivid colors, and the others were terrified, for fear that once Yuchengcheng fell, they would also suffer this doom and become the souls of the Huns under the butcher's knife!

So, these people began to secretly accumulate weapons and organize the dead.

However, Yu Chengcheng's defenders knew nothing about it.

They also did not have the energy to take care of these people, because the Huns attacked more and more frequently and more frequently.

The defenders had to do everything they could to arrange their defenses, house the wounded, and at the same time intensify the repair of the broken walls, the manufacture of arrows, and the repair of weapons.

So, on a rainy night, under the cover of a thunderstorm, these people who were bent on survival organized a death squad of hundreds of people.

They braved the heavy rain and quietly passed through the streets of Yu Chengcheng, but at this time, the defenders of Yu Chengcheng forgot to arrange close patrols in the city because of the heavy rain, and only kept a few sentry posts.

However, most of these guards have been bought by merchants.

As a result, these men were able to quietly approach their intended gates.

Then, a raid was launched.

Dozens of Dawan soldiers who stayed at the city gate and were in charge of guarding were dealt with by them without even raising any alarm.

Subsequently, the gate of Yu Chengcheng was opened by them. It was only at this moment that the Dawan people, who were in charge of guarding the city, saw a figure through the lightning and were rushing out of the city gate.

They urgently sounded the alarm.

But, it's too late!

Because, almost at the same time, other merchants in the city took the opportunity to set fires.

They set fire to the silos, arsenals, and wooden houses of the trading area, which were vital in the city.

The flames were blazing and rising into the sky.

The entire Yu Chengcheng City fell into chaos!

At this time, the Huns also saw the flames rising from the city of Yucheng from the camp, so the Huns were overjoyed and immediately mobilized the army and took the opportunity to attack.

When the cavalry of the Huns rushed to the gate of Yucheng City, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the originally closed city gate had been opened.

Hundreds of people knelt on either side of the city gates, welcoming the conquerors into the city.

As a result, Yuchengcheng, a fortified city that the Huns might not have been able to capture for two or three months, fell into the hands of the Huns in less than half a month after the siege.

When the Hun army entered the city, the slaughter immediately began!

As promised, Lanyu acquiesced in everything his army did in the city!

There are only three kinds of people who can be spared from massacre.

First, the merchants and their servants who opened the door, the Huns were very generous, and even allowed them to keep their wealth!

Second, women under the age of thirty, these are the most important hard currencies of the Huns in their trade with Han! As long as they did not resist, the Huns did not even allow anyone to harm them, so as not to sell them for money in the Han Dynasty.

Third, and the most important and most protected craftsman, Lan Yu, ordered: Any skilled craftsman, especially smelting, forging, and casting skills, and their families, must not harm or infringe, but should be protected, and he himself took Jiankun with him

The samurai, entering the city, screened the artisans and their types, and once he recognized them as craftsmen, he was immediately placed and protected.

Anything other than these three is not within the scope of protection.

Including the nobles, wealthy merchants, scholars, and priests in this city.

The massacre lasted three days.

Three days later, when the Huns announced the sealing of the sword, Yuchengcheng, an ancient city with a history of at least three hundred years, was already unrecognizable.

The inhabitants of the city were strewn with corpses.

Almost all the houses were burned down.

All the works of art, including the golden statues of gods brought by Yu's ancestors from distant foreign lands, ancient parchment documents, and Hellenistic sculptural artworks, were destroyed.

Along with the city, it was burned to the ground.

When Zhang Anshi's documents were sent to Lanyu through a fast horse, the Xiongnu general had already led his troops across the medicine killing water and was advancing towards the most important pasture of the Dawan people, and it was also the most important strategic place in the upper reaches of the medicine killing water, Ershi City.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

This time the Xiongnu attacked Dawan, in addition to plundering Dawan's population, wealth and craftsmen, the biggest strategic goal was in Ershi City.

Because the mountains and grasslands near Ershi City have the most famous horse breed in the entire known world-Dawan horse, which is commonly known as the good horse of sweat and blood.

Since the Dawan War, the Huns have been coveting it.

It's a pity that Dawan has been under the protection of the Han family, and any attack on Dawan may cause the main force of the Han army to go out of the fortress.

In the preset battlefield, the Huns knew that they could not be the opponent of the Han army, especially it was impossible to protect their rear while attacking Dawan, so they had no choice but to stop.

Now, it is the golden opportunity that the Huns dream of!

Therefore, after capturing Yucheng City and completing the repair, Lan Yu couldn't wait to lead his troops to set off.

However, in order to protect the horses and preserve the horsepower, and the complex composition of the Xiongnu army, the marching speed was extremely slow.

The main force could advance less than thirty miles a day.

That is, the light cavalry, as the vanguard, was able to open the way in front at a relatively high speed.

Therefore, after walking for almost ten days, the Second Division City was still out of reach.

It is conservatively estimated that at the current rate, the Xiongnu army will have to walk for at least seven or eight days before it can reach the periphery of the Second Division.

Fortunately, when Yucheng was captured, the Huns gained a large number of internal responses.

Relying on these people, they also have a deeper understanding of Dawan's situation and reality.

Just when the spring breeze was proud, a document came unexpectedly.

After reading the document written on the white paper, the flesh on his face immediately twitched.

"Master, what did the Han people say?" A nobleman standing beside Lan Yu asked.

Lan Yu took a deep breath, tried to calm himself, and then ordered: "Pass my order, order all departments to suspend their march and camp in place!" ”

"Master!" The nobleman immediately became anxious: "The soldiers are very fast, if we delay, the Dawan people may have to transport all the sweat and blood horses away!" ”

Lan Yu sighed softly: "Ship it away, just transport it away, as long as the Dawan people are still there, they can always get it back......"

"But if we don't stop marching now, I'm afraid we'll have to take Ershi City again at most...... It is more likely to affect the actions of the Sun Chase King in Mobei......" Lan Yu sighed weakly: "Go and carry out the order!" Finally, he added, "This is a helpless thing......

Indeed, this was a helpless thing for the Huns!

Pinching the paperwork in his hand, Lan Yu closed his eyes, his heart was filled with infinite anger, but there was nowhere to vent!

No way!

After the First World War last year, the Xiongnu had lost their strategic dominance over Han in the Western Regions.

At the beginning of spring this year, the Xiongnu were divided, and there was a matter of five singles standing side by side, which made the Xiongnu now completely lose the ability to fight against the Han.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if the main force of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions is now present, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the Han Dynasty's attack from the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to the southern foothills.

Not to mention, now, the main force of the Xiongnu in the entire Western Regions is in the private canal Bibahai, and even the remaining troops and the armies of the countries in the Western Regions have followed him to Dawan.

If the Han Dynasty launches an attack now, it is almost certain that the Western Regions will change hands.

In this regard, whether it is Li Ling, or Xianxian Chan, or even the high-level of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions, they all know it.

However, they had to go down the road they are now.

They can only take this risk to attack and conquer Dawan.

Otherwise, trapped in the Western Regions, and facing the Mobei War for the throne, the Xiongnu in the Western Regions can only sit and wait for death!

Fortunately, the Han people are considered to give face.

Or, they had ulterior motives, in short, the Xiongnu in the Western Regions were able to free up their hands, and even to ally with Wusun to take Dawan together.

At first, Lan Yu was still very disdainful, thinking that the general of the chariot cavalry was just a fluke to become famous.

Or maybe they're so proud and confident that they can't see everything.

It was only now that Lan Yu woke up.

It turns out that the general is waiting for him here!

A letter made him have to stop continuing to march, and even had to agree to the obviously unreasonable overlord clauses that he requested!

I don't even have the courage to refuse, and I don't even have a chance to negotiate!

The words in the Chinese book in his hand, as if they had magical power, made him inevitably bow his head.

There is no way!

The sword is on the neck, and the sword is against the heart!

Unless, he is willing to use the entire Western Regions, including Shan Yu's position, in exchange for a Dawan.

He even made up his mind to immediately lead his army to the west after defeating Dawan.

Otherwise, it can only be like this, and it has to be so!

Otherwise, the consequences of provoking the chariot general will be devastating.

At that time, the Han army will go out of the Tianshan Mountains, and it will be easy to attack the Weisu and Yanxu basins, and then directly take the Shule grassland, and the Western Regions will change hands in an instant.

Then, Li Ling, the king of Kunjian in the Don Soldier Private Canal than the Hai Dynasty, had the only way to go, defeat.