Chapter 652: The Siege of Jingbei City
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August 21, 16th year of the Marquis of Wei, Jingbei City.
Jingbei City's current situation is very bad, as the administrative center of Yanshan, it is also the hottest place for the Xiongnu.
For more than 100 years, although the Hu people have entered Yanshan several times, they have never taken this place.
This alone made every Hun Shan Yu take this place as their dream of boasting of martial arts.
Adeye is naturally no exception, although he is now firmly seated in Xiongnu Shan Yu, but he is not only satisfied with this.
Therefore, when Adeye was powerless to fight back the entire northern part of Yanshan, he set his eyes on here.
When he learned that the troops in Jingbei City were not very sufficient, Adeye couldn't bear it, so he officially sent a large army to surround Jingbei City on August 19.
At this time, Adeye's heart was actually a little inflated, from the bottom of his heart at the beginning of the war, to the present day of successive victories, Wei Jun did not have anything to fear in his opinion.
Of course, the Xiongnu had the advantage of troops, and the internal contradictions of the Wei army were selectively ignored by Adeye.
All in all, Jingbei City has been surrounded for two days, and the entire city can be described as panicking.
In charge of the defense of Jingbei was the county lieutenant Ran Xiayun, and all he could use was 3,000 county soldiers, plus 20,000 people gathered in the city.
Although he has not experienced the battlefield for a long time, he can be a military commander in Yanshan, and I have to say that Ran Xiayun still has a certain level.
So he also made the most correct choice, holding on to the city and waiting for reinforcements.
Of course, Ran Xiayun also knew that waiting for reinforcements was actually a bottomless matter, after all, the garrisons everywhere in Yanshan were suppressed by the Xiongnu in the city, and it was not easy to reinforce Jingbei.
Under such circumstances, it was inevitable that panic would spread in Jingbei City, and everyone was afraid that the Huns would come in and slaughter themselves and their families.
And Ran Xiayun, who took on all this, was really sad at this time, and it could be said that there was no solution at the moment.
Since the seventh or eighth day of August, Jingbei City has lost contact with the outside world under the harassment of Xiongnu scouts and rangers.
In other words, Ran Xiayun didn't know the specific situation in Yanshan at this time, let alone knew that Wu'an had sent reinforcements again, and Wei Wuji had led the troops.
"My lord, the Hun army has arrived at the city......
When Ran Xiayun was discussing things with several military officials, he was immediately frightened by the news and stood up.
No wonder he reacted so much, if the Huns started attacking the city now, it was still unknown how long Jingbei City could be defended.
Moreover, Jingbei City is now facing a more serious problem, that is, there is not much food in the city.
Since the Xiongnu began to harass them at the beginning of this month, the transportation of grain and grass to and from Jingbei has been cut off.
And this situation is not only in Jingbei, most of the sites in Yanshan are now facing the problem of food shortage.
Even if there was grain from nearby counties that could be requisitioned, the Xiongnu were rampant in Yanshan County, and the Wei army could not send grain and grass to the front-line army.
"Go and see ......," Ran Xiayun said in a deep voice.
After all, he is also the military chief of a county, and the Huns are not good, but Ran Xiayun was not so frightened that he lost the courage to fight.
And he also knew very well that if he, the county lieutenant, did not rush to the city immediately at this time, it would also be a great blow to the morale of all the soldiers and civilians.
But Ran Xiayun obviously thought too much, because when he rushed to the city, he found that the county guard Jiang Shixun had arrived one step earlier.
Seeing that Ran Xiayun was coming, Jiang Shixun turned around and said, "Lord Ran, the Huns are not good!" ”
Ran Xiayun climbed the city tower and took a look, and saw that the large field outside the north gate of Jingbei City was already full of Hun cavalry.
Of course, in front of these cavalry, there were still a large number of ragged Wei people, but these people were holding weapons in their hands and ladders for siege.
Ran Xiayun slapped the stone wall of the city wall and said angrily: "These hateful Hu people!"
It turned out that during the two days of besieging Yanshan, the Huns sent a large number of men and horses to arrest people in various places near Jingbei, hoping to fill the ravines in Jingbei City with the bones of Wei people.
Jiang Shixun's face was also very unsightly at this time, and unlike Ran Xiayun's anger, he had some more worries in his heart.
According to the posture of the Huns now, how long can this Jingbei City last? Can the soldiers defeat the Hu people alone?
"Lord Ran, I think they are going to attack, go and order all the troops to be ready for battle!" Jiang Shixun had a hard time keeping his composure.
In fact, at this time, after the soldiers and civilians of the city knew that the Huns had arrived, they had actually stood on the head of the city.
These ordinary soldiers, in fact, need more confidence, the confidence to be able to resist the Huns.
Although Wu Yangjun's defeat of the Xiongnu last year shocked the morale of the Yanshan army and civilians, the continuous defeats in the past two months have hit this confidence to the fullest.
Therefore, when Ran Xiayun walked among the soldiers, he found that the problem was more serious than he imagined.
This has changed the focus of his work, and it is more important to calm everyone's fears and make everyone not timid.
"Everyone, don't be worried, Jingbei City has strong walls and sufficient armaments, and the Hu people can't help us!" Ran Xiayun said this everywhere he went.
However, he didn't even believe it, which made it difficult for it to be effective.
Even someone on the spot asked: "My lord, the Hu people are bloodthirsty, and I will not be waiting for this life soon!" ”
These words revealed a strong sense of unconfidence and pessimism, which made Ran Xiayun's cold heart almost stabbed again.
At this time, the dead silence under the city wall was broken, and the shouting and scolding of the Huns continued to urge the Wei people in front of them to walk towards the Jingbei city wall with the equipment in their hands.
After killing dozens of people, the people of Wei who resisted in their hearts had to go to Jingbei City.
Also feeling entangled were the Wei soldiers on the city wall, and at this time they didn't know whether to throw the weapons in their hands on the compatriots under the city wall.
Even the military marquis who led the team as military officials didn't know how to give orders at this time, after all, they were their own fathers and fellow villagers!
However, Ran Xiayun was able to overcome this, the so-called Ci Bu was in charge of the troops, he knew that if he didn't try his best to resist at this time, it would be these people in the city who would be added by the sword soldiers later.
"What are you still doing in a daze, ...... arrows," Ran Xiayun said angrily.
Unfortunately, these soldiers were still stunned, and only a few of them released the arrows in their hands.
After all, they are county soldiers who have been comfortable for a long time, and although they are extremely afraid in their hearts, killing people is also extremely fearful for them.
Ran Xiayun couldn't help but be angry, and shouted and scolded: "If you don't release the arrows later, you will all be corpses on the head of the city!" ”
In the end, it was the desire of life that made everyone in the city overcome their mental obstacles, knowing that they could only be sorry for their compatriots below.
"Shoot them...... "A marquis ordered with grief and indignation.
The hearts of the soldiers on the city wall were loosened, and the dead friends were not poor and poor, so they could only sacrifice the compatriots below at this time.
Just when the scene of compatriots killing each other was about to be staged, a scene that stunned Jingbei City happened.
The Hun cavalry who were living behind turned their horses' heads at this time and slowly moved towards the northwest of Jingbei City.
This scene also quickly made the people of Wei under the city wall discover that the Hu people behind them who were like vicious wolves actually left at this time.
Without the threat of the Hu people behind them, these Wei people naturally dropped the equipment in their hands and ran quickly to the city wall, wanting the compatriots in the city to save them.
This scene made Ran Xiayun on the city tower not know how to decide, who knows if this is the Hu people's suspicious plan.
But then I think about it, the Hu people's plan is inevitably too clumsy, not to mention that even if it is a suspicious plan, those Hu people have already left two miles away, and this drama is too real!
Just when the whole city was puzzled, cheers suddenly came from the east of Jingbei City, and after the spread, these cheers became more and more enthusiastic.
In the end, there was only one sentence that reached Ran Xiayun's ears.
"Wu Yangjun is here, Wu Yangjun has brought troops to save us!"