Chapter 543: The main force of the Huns is out
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The news of the transfer of the Wei army was actually difficult to hide, after all, the scale was too large, so the Huns could easily understand it.
And Adeye, who was outside Zhongping Pass, increased his attack after learning of the situation, and he completely took a lifeless posture, simply not taking the lives of his subordinates seriously.
The effect of this was undoubtedly very good, and Lieutenant Zhong Ping had to send another letter asking for help, and while mobilizing the subordinates of the Wei army, he also diverted the attention of the Lingbei battalion.
Even if Chen Wanyun is still in charge of the overall situation, it is difficult to really take into account the overall situation at this time, and his attention is inevitably attracted to Zhong Pingguan.
The real main force of the Xiongnu, under the leadership of Qu and Shan Yu, hid in the 100,000 mountains on the west side of Beiping Pass, and quietly marched towards Beiping Pass.
Qu and Shan Yu led an absolutely powerful force, including six Xiongnu headquarters of 10,000 cavalry, a full 30,000 elite cavalry.
In addition, the main cavalry of the Ji Yuan Department and the Heishui Department was 20,000 cavalry, and the Donghu people also took out 40,000 cavalry under the threat of the Huns, and of course there were nearly 70,000 cavalry of ordinary tribes.
All combined, this is a full 110,000 people, and their target is a defense force of only 3,000 troops in Beiping Pass.
It can be said that the Wei State has the upper hand just from the momentum, and if the Commander of Beipingguan knew this news, he would definitely be even more desperate than the Commander of Zhongpingguan.
However, because the Huns hid in the mountains and tried their best to hide their whereabouts, coupled with the culling of the Wei scouts, the direction of their march was not revealed.
However, after all, this was a march of more than 100,000 people, and it was very difficult to really hide their whereabouts, so when they were still twenty miles away from Beiping Pass, they were still discovered by the Wei army scouts.
Fortunately, this Beipingguan lieutenant was cautious, even if Zhongpingguan had already started the battle, he still did not relax at all.
When the scout sent back this emergency, the first reaction of this Beiping Lieutenant, like the original Lieutenant Zhongping, was to believe it.
How could there be a large Xiongnu army here? Aren't the main forces of the Xiongnu all in Naturalization and Zhongpingguan? The Governor of Beiping had more questions at this time than the Governor of Zhongping.
But being puzzled does not mean that he does not believe in this fact, so Captain Beiping immediately ordered the whole army to prepare to defend against the attack of the Huns, and people naturally would not come for an outing.
Although there are only 3,000 soldiers, because the west is a group of mountains winding, the city wall of Beiping Pass is not as long as Zhongping Pass, and its defense line is naturally much shorter.
Therefore, Beiping Pass is a little easier to defend and difficult to attack than Zhongping Pass, which is why Chen Wanyun transferred part of the army from here.
And Qu and Shan Yu naturally took a fancy to this, and the place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack was even more unexpected, so he decided to use Beiping Pass as a breakthrough.
This undoubtedly requires a lot of strategic courage, after all, it is not so easy to take Beiping Pass, but the most important thing Qu and Shan Yu lack is to fill the ravine with human lives.
The Huns have been blocked from the Great Wall for several years, and Qu and Shan Yu have heard that their old opponents have continuously won victories on the battlefield in the Central Plains.
Feeling the gradual strength of his old opponent, Qu and Shan Yu knew that if he didn't do anything, then it would be impossible for him to spy on the Central Plains like his ancestors.
Therefore, after several years of careful preparation, Qu and Shan Yu launched this war.
It is necessary to break into the Great Wall and break the blockade of Wei against the Xiongnu, which is Qu and Shan Yu's greatest hope this time.
That's right, in Qu and Shan Yu's view, being blocked out of the Great Wall, although there is a vast grassland, in his opinion, it is still blocked.
Being isolated from the prosperity, in the eyes of Qu and Shan Yu, it is like being abandoned by the world, which is undoubtedly unbearable for him.
He...... Let the whole world know that the great Xiongnu Shan Yu is the master of the whole world.
Therefore, looking at the towering Beiping Guanque Tower in the distance, Qu and Shan Yu showed a cruel smile on their faces.
This smile is not only to the Wei army soldiers on the Beiping Pass, but also to the vassal tribes of the Xiongnu themselves who are about to enter the war.
One will be a success...... Although Qu and Shan Yu didn't know this sentence, they had a deep understanding of this truth.
"Order the leaders of all departments, if you don't capture Beiping Pass today, come and see you!" Qu and Shan Yu said indifferently.
These words forced the leaders of the various tribes to a desperate situation, so who would care about the life or death of their subordinates, it was naturally how fierce and how to attack.
There is no way, Qu and Shan Yu are the gods of the grassland, and no one can go against his will.
But in fact, Qu Youshan's cruel attack order also has his own reason, and it is definitely not pure cruelty.
Although the grassland is vast, it can't support too much population, so every time the Xiongnu invade the south, in addition to robbing the Central Plains, there is also the intention of artificially reducing the population of each department.
This elimination-like mechanism is also one of the reasons why the Xiongnu continue to remain strong. The most critical point is that the people who died were all people from vassal tribes, and at the same time achieved the purpose of strengthening the weak branches.
The Huns were preparing for battle, and the Wei soldiers in Beiping Pass were naturally not idle, and when the Huns were arrayed under the city pass, they were ready to fight.
All the stones and logs were brought up, and at the same time the cauldron was burning with a raging fire, and in it was boiling hot water, which would soon beckon the heads of the Huns.
In addition, the crossbowmen were also lined up on the city walls, and the crossbow machines were also set up, ready to inflict heavy damage on the attacking enemy.
But at this time, the confrontation between the two armies was particularly quiet, but everyone knew that after the quiet, there was a thunderstorm.
Above the city tower, looking at the almost endless Hun army, the captain of Beiping trembled in his heart at this time.
Hearing him, he immediately said to the herald behind him: "Quickly inform General Xiang Xun, just say that the Hun army outside Beiping Pass is gathered, please come to support him quickly!" ”
That's right, it was the cavalry general Xiang Xun who was arranged to Beiping Pass. This Xiang Xun originally chose the safest place for himself, but he didn't expect that his choice would be like this.
"The army listens to the order, the general has sent a large army to help, we need to fight to the death and not retreat, and defend the city pass until the reinforcements arrive." The captain of Beiping said loudly to the soldiers below.
Of course, his words were deceptive, the so-called reinforcements were actually Xiang Xun's cavalry, which could not be used to defend the city.
Therefore, this Beiping Governor could only think that after receiving his report, General Chen could send troops to reinforce him.
Although the regular army has been drawn, don't forget...... There is also a county soldier in Yanshan County, with a total of 10,000 people, which is also a force to be reckoned with.
And just when the governor of Beiping was thinking about this, the attack of the Huns had already begun.
Looking at the formation they dispatched, it can be seen that this battle is definitely not easy to fight, and this is an even more difficult opponent than the Huns in Zhongpingguan.
Because at this time, as the first batch of Hun soldiers to attack, they actually rushed over naked, which means that this is a desperate attack.
There is no way, no one in the leaders of the various departments wants to lose their heads, and the only way is to take Beiping Pass.
"Release the arrows......" At this time, the commander of Beiping Guan shouted loudly, he wanted to shoot these Hu people who did not know whether they were alive or dead.
The Battle of Beipingguan officially began.