Chapter 43: The Yellow River Embankment
The Huns rebelled, the border was in turmoil, and the news swept the whole country with a spark of fire, up to the officials and nobles, down to the peddlers and pawns, all of whom paid attention to the trend of this war.
Sun Jian, the general of the founding of the People's Republic of China, led the army all the way north, and when he passed by Zhao He's military camp, he repeatedly emphasized the importance of the military tun, and there was no room for error, but Sun Jian didn't know that even Wang Mang had not received the news that Liu Xiu was preparing to destroy another military tun.
Wei County belongs to Jizhou, under the jurisdiction of Yecheng, another piece of military tun is here, its purpose is to restrain Wuheng and Goguryeo, as long as the two countries have a little disobedience, the army immediately attacked, launched a national war.
Although the monarchs of Wuheng and Goguryeo were angry in their hearts, who made the new dynasty strong and strong, and the grain and grass were sufficient? If you start a war rashly, you must be the one who will be dragged down!
Under this pressure, the two monarchs dared to agree to the persuasion of the two countries, and the Xiongnu envoy learned the specific details, and his whole face turned pale, and he even questioned for a moment whether Changshengtian wanted to give up his children and abandon their nomads.
It's easy to get lost in despair, but after being lost, it often means growth. The Hun envoy unconsciously looked into the distance again and again, looking for his own glimmer of light, his eyes were sometimes in a trance and sometimes sharp, he seemed to have found something but could not fully figure it out.
Suddenly, the Hun envoy smiled, and when he looked up into the distance again, his eyes were full of longing, although his choice was dangerous, it was his duty and mission.
"Sons of the prairie, come with me!" The Hun envoy shouted, and galloped quickly, followed by hundreds of warriors.
Compared with others, Liu Xiu is no better now, he and Wang Sunqing have been separated for half a year, he has been walking on both sides of the Yellow River every day for half a year, not to mention the geographical environment, even the widow in the next village has any hobbies, he has touched the door, but the sad thing is that Liu Xiu has never found a suitable way to destroy the army.
On this day, Liu Xiu came to the bank of the Yellow River again, and the soldiers in charge of guarding were already accustomed to this young man who had been under his nose for a long time, and even said mockingly: "Dog, have you secretly learned farming skills today?" ”
"Humph!" Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills. Liu Xiu's three-point bastard appearance is too deceptive, so strong that even the Huns' secret sentinel was fooled.
Liu Xiu had long sensed that someone was eyeing him, but he still walked forward unhurriedly, leading the enemy to the village where he had settled.
"From the bank of the Yellow River to the village, the two of them followed me all the way, and I don't know what the intention was." The sudden question caught the Hun secret whistle off guard, they realized that something was wrong, and just about to flee when they heard a sentence from the air: "Take them down!" ”
The scimitar was unsheathed, and the Hun secret whistle rushed forward with a desperate posture, while Liu Xiu was relieved after seeing the weapons they used, as long as he was not targeted by the officers and soldiers of the new dynasty, everything was beneficial to him.
"Put away your weapons, don't hurt them!"
More than a dozen powerful soldiers moved in response, and then looked at the Hun secret outpost, they did not stop their actions, and still rushed with a deadly posture.
"As a scout, you should be able to understand Chinese, go back and tell your leader that the leader of the rebel army wants to meet him. The time is set for 3 o'clock tomorrow (8:30 p.m.), and the location is here. ”
The Huns fled far away, and Liu Xiu didn't care whether they understood it or not, and the next night he set up a fire not far from the entrance of the village, and waited quietly with his men and horses.
The agreed time is three quarters (8:30), and now it is almost three minutes (10:30), the other party does not come, Liu Xiu is not interested in waiting any longer, and takes the soldiers to extinguish the fire, and when everyone is about to leave with a torch, the Hun envoy appears.
It turned out that the Huns had arrived very early, but they were afraid that this was a trap, so they hid aside and peeked, and by the way, how about testing the military discipline of the anti-reckless rebels? Is it just a rabble under the banner!
The answer was satisfactory, and the Xiongnu envoys welcomed Liu Xiu with the most solemn etiquette, and ordered the deployment of a fire and barbecue food.
When you go out, be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, don't say that the Hun envoy is right, even if there is a mistake, Liu Xiu must endure it, because he needs someone to help him fight and die.
Eating barbecue and drinking wine, Liu Xiu frothed at the mouth of a map, but the Hun envoy only smiled when he heard it, he was not sure that Liu Xiu was telling the truth, and said that it would take three days to understand the truth of the matter, and he would visit him again!
Liu Xiu didn't tell a lie, naturally he was not afraid of others investigating, so he waited for three days, and after three days, he believed that the Xiongnu envoy would visit again!
Three days later, the Xiongnu envoy came to the door again, and many of Liu Xiu's proposals in the negotiations were rarely opposed by the other party, and the two sides agreed to act one night.
The moon was dark and the wind was high, the Yellow River dam, and the temporary drowsiness of the official soldiers cost them their lives, and two hundred black-clothed men carried iron pestles to the embankment frantically.
The main structural materials of the Yellow River embankment are stone and wooden piles, which are made of wooden piles and stones as the main body, and are generally connected by stone ingots or iron ingots between the stones, and are hooked with lime, glutinous rice, tung oil and so on.
From the beginning to the end of this war, it is a surprise attack, and the officers and men can destroy as much as they can when they do not react, otherwise when the officers and men react, they will face a stormy blow.
"Jingle Bell!" The sound of the impact resounded in the night sky, gradually triggering the shouts of officers and soldiers and the sound of rescue.
"First pry the first layer of stones into the river, and then divide fifty people on the left and right to block and kill the officers and soldiers, and the rest of the people desperately pry the embankment."
The people moved with the order, and the hundred Hun warriors dropped the iron pestle in their hands and replaced them with scimitars to kill.
The two torrents of black and black and red collided, and although black was weak, it was more aggressive and ferocious, and slaughtered a large number of officers and soldiers in a moment of handover.
"One, two, three, pry! One, two, three, pry! Liu Xiu ignored the fighting around him, he shouted slogans loudly, and destroyed the embankment with deployment.
The Huns were not afraid of death, the purpose was to drag them to the shore to the breach, and there were also some nimble minds among the officers and soldiers, after they knew the enemy's purpose, they desperately squeezed out of the crowd, formed a new team, and rushed to kill at full speed from the middle road.
The leader of the Huns pulled a companion to take over the pry stone for himself, and he himself drew out his scimitar and rushed to the middle of the road alone, many Huns saw their leaders fighting, and put down the iron pestle and replaced it with a scimitar, Liu Xiu was afraid that all the Huns were dead-headed, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't kill all the enemies, at least leave twenty or thirty people to destroy the shore, this is our task this time." ”
Under the shout, several Huns who had already gone to kill the enemy found that the manpower to destroy the shore was indeed too reduced, and they reluctantly picked up the iron pestle again to vent their dissatisfaction.